“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
— Steve Jobs Primary source“Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.”
— John Carmack Primary source“In life, you must devote all your efforts to doing the best you can. And since we spoke at length just now about my studies, let me tell you the secret that led me to my success: My only strength is my tenacity.”
— Louis Pasteur Primary source“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“Success is the result of making many mistakes and learning from experience.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”
— Steve Jobs Primary source“You’re much more likely to do well if you start out to do something feasible instead of something that isn’t feasible. Isn’t that perfectly obvious?”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Practice is nine tenths.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“All successful men have agreed in one thing—they were causationists.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Every thing impossible, until we see a success.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Everything tells me I shall succeed.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Primary source“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“I have never felt that anything really mattered but the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed, and had done the very best you could.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“I think track records are very important, If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you’re well on your way to success in this world.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”
— Winston Churchill Disputed“All great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“Success is the most convincing talker in the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston Churchill Disputed“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Disputed“Nothing augments a battalion like success.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Disputed“Men who hesitate never succeed in their undertakings.”
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