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βBegin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.β
β Seneca
βDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.β
β Ralph Waldo Emerson
βThe only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.β
β Vidal Sassoon
βHe that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.β
β Benjamin Franklin
βA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.β
β Michel de Montaigne
βNothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.β
β Cicero
βThe beginning is the most important part of the work.β
β Plato
βThe remedy is worse than the disease.β
β Francis Bacon
βNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.β
β Abraham Lincoln
βAttention protects success.β
β Anonymous
βI am a slow walker, but I never walk back.β
βDiscipline protects success.β
βIt is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.β
β George Washington
βIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.β
β Book of Proverbs
βCourage is knowing what not to fear.β
βThe man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.β
β Andrew Carnegie
βThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.β
βFocus builds success.β
βHe that handleth a matter wisely shall find good.β
βThe harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.β
βIf we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.β
βHe who has a why to live can bear almost any how.β
β Friedrich Nietzsche
βIgnorance, the root and stem of all evil.β
βKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.β
β Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
βHe who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.β
β Sun Tzu
βNothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.β
β Booker T. Washington
βThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.β
β Socrates
βSelf-trust is the first secret of success.β
βSilence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.β
βIt is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.β
β Epictetus
βKnowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.β
β Laozi
βVictorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.β
βLet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.β
βKnowledge itself is power.β
βConsistency protects success.β
βThe man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.β
β Hasidic Proverb
βThe wise warrior avoids the battle.β
βA wise man will hear, and will increase learning.β
βIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.β
βPatience builds success.β
βGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.β
βThe thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness.β
βThe noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.β
β Leonardo da Vinci
βPerseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.β
βClarity builds success.β
βPreparation builds success.β
βDiligence builds success.β
βHe who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much.β
β James Allen
βThey can because they think they can.β
β Virgil
βTimes are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.β
βThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.β
β Aristotle
βThe drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.β
β Hugh Latimer
βA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.β
βHe is richest who is content with the least.β
βAll men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.β
βPatience is the key to joy; haste is the key to sorrow.β
β Rumi
βThe secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.β
β Benjamin Disraeli
βDetermine never to be idle.β
β Thomas Jefferson
βAs a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.β
βNo one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.β
β Euripides
βTemperance builds success.β
βPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.β
β John Quincy Adams
βBalance protects success.β
βEnergy and persistence conquer all things.β
βHappy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.β
βTo know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.β
β Confucius
βHe who has begun has the work half done. Let him have begun.β
β Horace
βHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.β
βNothing is impossible to him who will try.β
β Alexander the Great
βThe soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.β
β Marcus Aurelius
βHe who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.β
β Lao Tzu
βFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.β
βWisdom protects success.β
βThere is only one success β to be able to spend your life in your own way.β
β Christopher Morley
βWisdom builds success.β
βThe heart of man deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.β
βWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.β
βWatch the costs and the profits take care of themselves.β
βFortune and love favor the brave.β
β Ovid
βHe that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.β
βSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.β
βA faithful man shall abound with blessings.β
βI quote others only in order the better to express myself.β
βCharacter protects success.β
βTo know, is to know that you know nothing.β
βThe man who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.β
β B.C. Forbes
βFortune favors the bold.β
βDo not consider painful what is good for you.β
βWhatever you are, be a good one.β
βCourage builds success.β
βThe superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.β
βLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.β
βIntegrity builds success.β
βIt is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.β
β Theodore Roosevelt
βA house divided against itself cannot stand.β
βThe best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.β
βA gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.β
βA little learning is a dangerous thing.β
β Alexander Pope
βAn investment in knowledge pays the best interest.β
βThere is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.β
βThe life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.β
βIn war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak.β
βWisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom.β
βFocus protects success.β
βPreparation protects success.β
βSuccess is dependent on effort.β
β Sophocles
βThe path of duty lies in what is near, and man seeks for it in what is remote.β
β Mencius
βIf words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.β
βWell done is better than well said.β
βNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.β
β George S. Patton
βCarpe diem.β
βNo legacy is so rich as honesty.β
β William Shakespeare
βTake rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.β
βPersistence builds success.β
βI find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.β
βClarity protects success.β
βThe reward of a thing well done is having done it.β
βPurpose protects success.β
βI like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.β
βTo conquer oneself is the first and noblest of all victories.β
βKeep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.β
βSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.β
β Henry David Thoreau
βNecessity is the mother of invention.β
βConsistency sustains reputation.β
βWhen we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.β
βRestraint protects success.β
βMen in general judge more from appearances than from reality.β
β Niccolo Machiavelli
βWaste not fresh tears over old griefs.β
βDwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.β
βEffort builds success.β
βThe ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.β
β Woodrow Wilson
βNo wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destined port.β
βThe fortunate man is he who is born with a fair nature, is well nurtured, and has suffered all that he could suffer.β
β Solon
βHe that riseth late must trot all day.β
βThe men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.β
βTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived β this is to have succeeded.β
βOnly the educated are free.β
βCraft protects success.β
βThe problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.β
βThe plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.β
βIt does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.β
βNothing is worth more than this day.β
βTreat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.β
βThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.β
βThere is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.β
βComposure builds success.β
βThe best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life.β
βThe unexamined life is not worth living.β
βThe superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.β
βWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.β
βWaste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.β
βHe that has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.β
βWell begun is half done.β
βThose who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise.β
βIntegrity protects success.β
βLength of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.β
βNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.β
βThe opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.β
βPlough deep while sluggards sleep.β
βSeest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.β
βLearning never exhausts the mind.β
βLife is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.β
βThe will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential β these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.β
βLost time is never found again.β
βThe greatest victory is that which requires no battle.β
βForesight builds success.β
βA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.β
βSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.β
β Unknown
βA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.β
βRule your mind or it will rule you.β
βIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.β
βSteadiness protects success.β
βThe best way to predict your future is to create it.β
βHonour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.β
βDo not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.β
β William Butler Yeats
βThe fruits of all our labors have left us as we started. To grow without is not to grow within.β
βPatience is the companion of wisdom, and the foundation of all great enterprises.β
β Thomas Aquinas
βWithout ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing.β
βResolve builds success.β
βTemperance protects success.β
βSuccess consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.β
βThe secret of success is constancy to purpose.β
βAssociate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.β
βTo command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.β
β Andre Malraux
βWhat we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.β
β Plutarch
βConfine yourself to the present.β
βLead me, follow me, or get out of my way.β
βAll warfare is based on deception.β
βAct well your part; there all the honor lies.β
βWhen the student is ready, the teacher will appear.β
βTrust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.β
βWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.β
βHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.β
βIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.β
βWhen we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.β
βHumility protects success.β
βHe becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.β
βThe journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.β
βThe greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.β
βSimplicity builds success.β
βHumility builds success.β
βHe will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.β
βDo not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.β
βDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.β
βAll that glitters is not gold.β
βDiligence is the mother of good luck.β
βFirst say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.β
βPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.β
βWhoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.β
β George Orwell
βTo err is human; to forgive, divine.β
βSteadiness builds success.β
βHe who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star.β
βThe wise man does at once what the fool does finally.β
β NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
βResolve protects success.β
βClarity reveals judgment.β
βReading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.β
βDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.β
βFortune favors the prepared mind.β
β Louis Pasteur
βEvery post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.β
βThe first and best victory is to conquer self.β
βFar and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
βRestraint builds success.β
βPatience protects character.β
βPleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.β
βPatience protects success.β
βConsistency builds success.β
βOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.β
βThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.β
βHe that walketh with wise men shall be wise.β
βIn the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.β
βMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.β
βWhat is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.β
βWithout continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.β
βHe who is firm in will molds the world to himself.β
β Johann Gottlieb Fichte
βPride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.β
βThere is nothing impossible to him who will try.β
βHe who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.β
βYou have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.β
βGreat acts are made up of small deeds.β
βWhoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past.β
βTo subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.β
βReal knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.β
βCommit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.β
βGratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.β
βThe supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.β
βHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold!β
βThe man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
βHe who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.β
βAlong with success comes a reputation for wisdom.β
βNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.β
βNo man is free who is not master of himself.β
βThe good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.β
βWhat we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.β
βFar and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
βI hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.β
βPurpose builds success.β
βHe who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.β
βIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.β
βAs is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.β
βEffort multiplies momentum.β
βRemember that time is money.β
βLife can mean nothing worth meaning, unless its prime aim is the doing of duty, the achievement of results worth achieving.β
βThe energy of the mind is the essence of life.β
βSuccessful and fortunate crime is called virtue.β
βHe who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.β
βSuccess has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.β
β Tacitus
βCraft builds success.β
βPersistence protects success.β
βA man is what he thinks about all day long.β
βThe first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.β
βAn ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.β
βQuality is not an act, it is a habit.β
βIt is best to keep one's own state intact; to crush the enemy's state is only second best.β
βWonder is the beginning of wisdom.β
βPatience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.β
βAn ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.β
β Elbert Hubbard
βIndustry need not wish.β
βKnowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.β
βComposure protects success.β
βIn all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.β
βFocus guides results.β
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience.β
βWith the determination of a firm resolve, one can move even Mount Tai.β
β Sima Qian
βThe soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.β
βThe hand of the diligent shall bear rule.β
βFor the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.β
βGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.β
βIt is quality rather than quantity that matters.β
βA room without books is like a body without a soul.β
βKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.β
βI 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 he has overcome while trying to succeed.β
βBrevity is the soul of wit.β
βThe man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
β William Faulkner
βThe bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.β
βThe surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.β
β Richard Brinsley Sheridan
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.β
βDiligence protects success.β
βBalance builds success.β
βAttention builds success.β
βAs long as you live, keep learning how to live.β
βSurplus wealth should be considered as a sacred trust, to be administered during the lives of its owners, by them as trustees, for the good of the community.β
βTo see what is right and not do it is want of courage.β
βBy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.β
βA good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.β
βDiscipline builds success.β
βA man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.β
β Bob Dylan
βThe path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.β
βA merry heart doeth good like a medicine.β
βCharacter is much easier kept than recovered.β
β Thomas Paine
βWith the determination of a hundred rivers flowing to the ocean, one must pursue one's purpose unceasingly.β
β Thiruvalluvar
βThe welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.β
βNo great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time.β
βThe art of war is of vital importance to the State.β
βA good moral character is the first essential in a man.β
βCharacter builds success.β
βUp, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.β
βMastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.β
βThe people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.β
β George Bernard Shaw
βWhat is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.β
βNo man can have patience who has not strong passions.β
βHe who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.β
βWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality.β
βYou cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.β
βEffort protects success.β
βCourage protects success.β
βThe best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.β
βCourage sharpens endurance.β
βIf it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.β
βA penny saved is two pence clear.β
βThe world belongs to the energetic.β
βOne cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels.β
βRegard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys.β
βA leader leads by example, not by force.β
βAdversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.β
βConstant dripping hollows out a stone.β
βWhoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.β
β Anne Frank
βHe who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.β
βBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.β
βWhen you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive β to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.β
βNo man was ever wise by chance.β
βVictory belongs to the most persevering.β
β Napoleon Bonaparte
βNo great thing is created suddenly.β
βAccept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.β
βSuccess is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.β
β Albert Schweitzer
βHe who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.β
βSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.β
βTry not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.β
βA wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.β
β Latin Proverb
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