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Success Quotes

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Many times the difference between failure and success is doing something nearly right … or doing it exactly right.

Make SUCCESS part of the journey. Not the ultimate destination.

Know yourself. Surround yourself with really good people. Listen to what they say.

– Lisa Gansky

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Its no use saying we are doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

– Winston Churchill

It is the last step in a race that counts. It is the last stroke on the nail that counts. Many a prize has been lost just when it was ready to be plucked.

It is no use saying “We are doing our best.” You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

– Winston Churchill

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

In my working life, I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealings and strict adherence to the view that for you to gain, those you deal with should gain, as well.

– Alan Greenspan

In any situation, ask yourself: What strengths do I possess that can contribute towards accomplishing something in this situation? Then follow through.

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.

– Benjamin Franklin

If you wish to succeed, consult three old people.

If you lean in the direction of success, you will make progress even when you fall.

– Grant M. Bright

If you do the things you ought to do when you ought to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

– Napoleon Hill

If you advance confidently in the direction of your own dreams, and endeavor to live the life which you have imagined, you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

– Henry David Thoreau

If I am what I have And if I lose what I have Who then am I?

If at first you don’t succeed, you’re doing about average.

If at first you do succeed … try to hide your astonishment

If at first you don’t succeed, try something else.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.

– Booker T. Washington

I have 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 the common hours.

– Henry David Thoreau

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

– Theodore Roosevelt

I believe there is one thing that all successful people have in common – and I’d sure like to know what it is!

He had a lot of talent, but didn’t have much dedication, wasn’t organized, didn’t know how to learn, didn’t know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn’t try to learn how to get better.

– Jack Nicklaus

Greatness comes to light – not in the flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of daily work.

– Beryl Markham

Genius begins great works, labor alone finishes them.

– Joseph Joubert

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

– Dale Carnegie

Excellence is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, determined effort, and skilled execution.

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