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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.
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.
Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.
Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we read more
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go
Success is largely a matter of holding on after others have let go
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
