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Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.
Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.
Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
As, read more
Better have failed in the high aim, as I,
Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed
As, God be thanked! I do not.
Success has always been a great liar.
Success has always been a great liar.
Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.
Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, read more
If 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.
One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is
going.
One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is
going.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less read more
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
We are the doubles of those whose way
Was festal with fruits and flowers;
Body and brain read more
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.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world read more
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
