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