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These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed,
but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him read more
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her.
If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y read more
If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough read more
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
Be commonplace and creeping, any you attain all things.
[Fr., Mediocre et rampant, et l'on arrive a tout.]
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
