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The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.
The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from
them do not at all times agree, read more
Yet the success of plans and the advantage to be derived from
them do not at all times agree, seeing the gods claim to
themselves the right to decide as to the final result.
[Lat., Tametsi prosperitas simul utilitasque consultorum non
obique concordent, quoniam captorum eventus superae sibi
vindicant potestates.]
Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a read more
The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
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We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain we were sound as they,
But the prizes were not ours.
That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the read more
That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.