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Success Quotes
"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"
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"If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash."
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"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility."
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"What prince wouldn't make a country girl a little restless? Those eyes, that mouth, the broad chest, were a royal combination unlike any other. He only held power over her if she let him, though. He brushed his teeth just like every other person. Put on his shoes one foot at a time. Prince Theo was just extraordinarily normal. And she could handle him and her story. Probably."
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"It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready."
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"People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success."
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"Your Success is defined not by what you did, but the gap between what you intended and what you finally achieved marks the relative degree of success. The more you meet your expectations, more successful you're as an individual. That's a sign of true marksmanship, not otherwise."
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"He had not become a sentinel by worrying about what he should or shouldn't do. He would live or die as he always had, by making decision he knew to be right...Graydon didn't hide from life. He flew at it with everything he had."
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"If you meet a number of failures the causes of which are not known, look for something that is common for each failure and that is never present when there is a success."
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"Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat."
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"I come in contact with mixed-up people, young men and women caught in the anguish of their own unpreparedness, intellectuals who have been seduced by false science, and rich men held in the grip of insecurity. They have no commitment to any goal. They lack an anchorage for their real self. And I long to take every one of them by the hand and lead them into the presence of the One who said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” [Matthew 11:28 KJV]."
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"You can't succeed in any endeavor if your motive is solely selfish- feeding your ego, seeking recognition, fame, etc. Find a lasting motivation..."
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"This self-confident generation has produced more alcoholics, more drug addicts, more criminals, more wars, more broken homes, more assaults, more embezzlements, more murders, and more suicides . . .it is time all of us . . . begin to take stock of our failures, blunders, and costly mistakes. It is about time that we place less confidence in ourselves and more trust and faith in God."
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"The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service."
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"Until you step into the unknown, you don't know what you're made of."
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"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."
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"The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down."
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"This is how I define grace: you're on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That's where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I'm prepared."
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"Anything worth doing, is worth doing right."
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"When I am ready for the opportunity, I get lucky."
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"You must first move from mediocrity to relevance in the realm of your dream, before it can translate into a driving passion that fuels your success. There are no impossibilities in a dream, there are no figures that are too big or obstacles that are unscalable, no distances too far or expertise considered too small " there is unlimited possibility in a dream. Your dream must be bigger than you and inspiring enough to outlive you."
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"I think that failure by your own standards is certainly a form of success."
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"Entrepreneurs don't fail because they want to, they fail because they don't have the right MINDSET to really succeed in a sustainable manner."
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"The road to success, and by that I mean... the possibility of giving the best one has to the cause that one loves most, is not easy."
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"Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift."
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"Determine how you are going to measure your success."
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"The sweetest fruits grow at the top of a tree so that only those who deserve them can reach them."
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"Rethink success: Few people will ever discover that the most important business they will ever run.. is their life!"
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"Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it."
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"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become."
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"Having a vision is great, but don't be so focused on your next goal that you forget to enjoy your achievements."
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"Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching."
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"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."
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"The victor belongs to the spoils."
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"There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking."
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"Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God's help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself, could I have done anything to prevent this? Were my hopes and dreams unrealistic, or were my motives wrong?Is there a new path God wants me to explore?"
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"The secret of a successful newspaper is to take one story each day and bang the hell out of it. Give the public what it wants to have and part of what it ought to have whether it wants it or not."
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"Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter."
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"Do anything that you want to do other than what you are required to do...success will surely go to others."
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"It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting."
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"For globalization to work for America, it must work for working people. We should measure the success of our economy by the breadth of our middle class, and the scope of opportunity offered to the poorest child to climb into that middle class."
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"It was growing dark on this long southern evening, and suddenly, at the exact point her finger had indicated, the moon lifted a forehead of stunning gold above the horizon, lifted straight out of filigreed, light-intoxicated clouds that lay on the skyline in attendant veils. Behind us, the sun was setting in a simultaneous congruent withdrawal and the river turned to flame in a quiet duel of gold....The new gold of moon astonishing and ascendant, he depleted gold of sunset extinguishing itself in the long westward slide, it was the old dance of days in the Carolina marshes, the breathtaking death of days before the eyes of children, until the sun vanished, its final signature a ribbon of bullion strung across the tops of water oaks."
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"Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world, there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others."
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