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What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
You are on the eve of a complete victory. You can't go wrong. The world is behind you.
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
My chief 'success philosophy' is, 'Give people every opportunity to say "Yes" to you'.
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.
The problem with America today is that too many people know too much about not enough.
Before we can talk about a championship, we have to practice like a championship team.
Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.
It doesn`t matter if you have a valentine or not - just love yourself and be your own.
Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.
I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
"In Africa," S. B. once remarked, "if you do well, people close to you will hate you."
We need to discover the root causes of success rather than the root causes of failure.
If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies.
Every fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying.
Sink not in spirit; who aimeth at the sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree.
True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.
If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.
Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.
When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you.
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
I think I have learned that the best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.
Who wanted to creep along in comfort when there was one chance in a thousand of flying?
The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.
A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there.
One step at a time is enough for me. Impatience is simply a way of beating yourself up.
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it.
For those with drive, wit, vision, ego and a masochistic outlook, there is always room.
The best thing about sports is the sense of community and shared emotion it can create.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
If you don't care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success.
I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you.
It's time for you to move, realizing that the thing you are seeking is also seeking you.