“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”
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“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”
“Applause waits on success.”
“America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.”
“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.”
“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”
“Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.”
“It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”
“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.”
“Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.”
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.”
“Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.”
“Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
“Success and failure are equally disastrous.”
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
“I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.”
“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”
“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”
“A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.”
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
“Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.”
“Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.”
“One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.”