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It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by
the ideal of service.
It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by
the ideal of service.
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs read more
If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or
can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs,
than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his
house, tho it be in the woods. And if a man knows the law,
people will find it out, tho he live in a pine shanty, and resort
to him. And if a man can pipe or sing, so as to wrap the
prisoned soul in an elysium; or can paint landscape, and convey
into oils and ochers all the enchantments of spring or autumn; or
can liberate or intoxicate all people who hear him with delicious
songs and verses, 'tis certain that the secret can not be kept:
the first witness tells it to a second, and men go by fives and
tens and fifties to his door.
As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.
As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
Three men, together riding,
Can win new worlds at their will;
Resolute, ne'er dividing,
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Three men, together riding,
Can win new worlds at their will;
Resolute, ne'er dividing,
Lead, and be victors still.
Three can laugh and doom a king,
Three can make the planets sing.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.
Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.
Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it read more
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to read more
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the
wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to
men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.