Success
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My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.
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.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
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'.
Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure.
Many of the familiar little things that we use every day have typically evolved over a period of time to a state of familiarity. They balance form and function, elegance and economy, success and failure in ways that are not only acceptable, but also admirable.