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They never fail who die
In a great cause.
They never fail who die
In a great cause.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat read more
The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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.]
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and
there abide, the huge world will come round read more
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and
there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the read more
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is read more
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
