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What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction
Long-term success is never achieved on our own. The phrase 'a self-made man' is a myth all along the way we need support.
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend upon material success . . . but on Jesus alone.
Success should be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws.
Women's liberation could have not succeeded if science had not provided them with contraception and household technology.
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.
Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.
Success is not a miracle. Nor is it a matter of luck. Everything happens for a reason, good or bad, positive or negative.
The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.
If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!
If there are two or more ways to do something and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'
As Sir Henry Newbolt sums it up: "The real test of success is whether a life has been a happy one and a happy giving one."
An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.
The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back
The strength of character and emotional intelligence to face your failures and learn from them are at the core of success.
I believe if you follow your heart and do what you love, success will follow. If you enchant yourself, others will be too.
Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up.
I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.
A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.
Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.
I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.
I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
I admire and respect the tenacity, courage, and patience of the unenlightened in the face of so much overwhelming evidence
Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.
Success is like dealing with your kid or teaching your wife to drive. Sooner or later you'll end up in the police station.
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.
Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . .
True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.
There is the flash in the pan, the sudden success. But continued success is dependent upon tremendous attention to detail.
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.
I don't like being successful; the subjects which sit in my head are annoyed and jealous of what has already been written.
Success is... knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.
Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.
I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.
When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.