Success Quotes
Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess and practice all that there is of good and bad here below. Such is the general rule. Temperament, education, the accidents of life, are modifying factors. Outside of this, everything is ordered arrangement, everything is chance. Such has been my rule of expectation and it has usually brought me success.
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.
When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!
The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The power of education extends beyond the development of skills we need for economic success. It can contribute to nation-building and reconciliation.
It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.
Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
You may succeed in delaying, but never in preventing the transition of South Africa to a democracy.
We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity.
With initial success, every social revolution simultaneously does two things: It attracts to itself fresh forces and strength, and at the same time it crystallizes the opposition.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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