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.

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to read more

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be

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.]

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body read more

Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.

Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.

Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.