Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

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.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

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.

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.

Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.

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.

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.

Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.