“Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
“I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ”
― Oprah Winfrey
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ”
― Bill Cosby
“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.”
― Voltaire
“How would your life be different if…You pretended those around you were deaf to your words? Let today be the day…You let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.”
― LeBron James, Shooting Stars
“You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I never fail. It's just that the people around me succeed more than I.”
― Carroll Bryant
“Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent”
― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
“God’s word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“There is only one success-to be able to spend life in your own way.”
― Christopher Morley
“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli
“You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“You've been given the innate power to shape your life...but you cannot just speak change, you have to LIVE change. Intent paired with action builds the bridge to success. You can't just want it; you have to do it, live it...BE it! Success isn't something you have, it's something you DO!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“NEVER be surprised by your own success!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.”
― Mia Hamm
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal”
― Thomas S. Monson
“Success is a journey, not a destination.”
― Ben Sweetland
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
― Steve Maraboli
“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”
― Joyce Meyer
“Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“You cannot continue on the same path and arrive at a different destination. Make the choice to have your actions reflect your goals.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?”
― Jillian Michaels
“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”
― Dale Carnegie
“Stop just cheering for others who are living their visions. Commit yourself to your own success and follow the steps required to achieve it.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let go… you are a part of everything.”
― Steve Maraboli
“In theory, the risk of business failure can be reduced to a number, the probability of failure multiplied by the cost of failure. Sure, this turns out to be a subjective analysis, but in the process your own attitudes toward financial risk and reward are revealed.
By contrast, personal risk usually defies quantification. It's a matter of values and priorities, an expression of who you are. "Playing it safe" may simply mean you do not weigh heavily the compromises inherent in the status quo. The financial rewards of the moment may fully compensate you for the loss of time and fulfillment. Or maybe you just don't think about it. On the other hand, if time and satisfaction are precious, truly priceless, you will find the cost of business failure, so long as it does not put in peril the well-being of you or your family, pales in comparison with the personal risks of no trying to live the life you want today.
Considering personal risk forces us to define personal success. We may well discover that the business failure we avoid and the business success we strive for do not lead us to personal success at all. Most of us have inherited notions of "success" from someone else or have arrived at these notions by facing a seemingly endless line of hurdles extending from grade school through college and into our careers. We constantly judge ourselves against criteria that others have set and rank ourselves against others in their game. Personal goals, on the other hand, leave us on our own, without this habit of useless measurement and comparison.
Only the Whole Life Plan leads to personal success. It has the greatest chance of providing satisfaction and contentment that one can take to the grave, tomorrow. In the Deferred Life Plan there will always be another prize to covet, another distraction, a new hunger to sate. You will forever come up short.”
― Randy Komisar, Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
“Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.”
― Ben Carson, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
“If you believe you can, you might. If you know you can, you will.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Fortune sides with him who dares.”
― Virgil
“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”
― Amelia Earhart
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love-then make that day count!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure can't exist without one.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it fearlessly.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.”
― Robert Strauss
“Change is in the air. This change reminds us that we are made and beautifully sculpted by the same power that orchestrates the change of season. Let this be the season you embrace and align yourself with this change.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Success is something you experience when you act accordingly. Success is not something you have, it's something you do.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Thinking about the haves and the have nots, I’m reminded of something Jefferson said. He was sitting at the dining room table in the White House when he picked up his fork, leaned forward in his chair, bunched up his eyebrows in surprise, and said, “I haven’t eaten all day.” You see, Jefferson truly reflected early America at that time. He was hungry, and I think you’ll find that most successful people are.”
― Jarod Kintz, American Association for the Advancement of Aardvarks Presents: Dear Natalie
“You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.”
― Albert Camus
“While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“How many people you bless is how you measure success”
― Rick Ross
“Live your vision and demand your success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or the "To-Do" list of tomorrow! It’s inspiring to see all the wonderfully amazing things that can happen in a day in which you participate.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”
― Henry Ford
“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”
― A.A. Milne, Not That It Matters
“Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.”
― Dorothy Day
“Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The secret to success is constancy of purpose.”
― Benjamin Disraeli
“Participate in your own dreams, don’t just say what you want or complain about what you don’t have.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive”
― Karl Lagerfeld
“The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.”
― Mia Hamm
“The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is learning to let go. Stop allowing anyone or anything control, limit, repress, or discourage you from being your true self! Today is YOURS to shape - own it - break free from people and things that poison or dilute your spirit.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
― Thomas A. Edison
“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”
― Michael Jordan
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
― Beverly Sills
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment”
― Oprah Winfrey
“Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.”
― Albert Einstein
“There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.”
― Deepak Chopra
“Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I do not like to repeat successes I like to go on to other things.”
― Walt Disney Company
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.”
― Reba McEntire
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
― Thomas Jefferson
“Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.”
― Marianne Williamson
“The roughest roads often lead to the top.”
― Christina Aguilera
“Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opportunity to live your life to the fullest. In each waking day, you will find scores of blessings and opportunities for positive change. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the unchangeable past or the indefinite future! Today is a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“People rarely succeed unless they have
fun in what they are doing.”
― Dale Carnegie
“Decide what you want to be....
Pay the Price ...
And be what you want to be.”
― John A Widtsoe, In a Sunlit Land
“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”
― Salvador Dalí
“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”
― George S. Patton Jr.
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.”
― Anna Quindlen
“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”
― J. E. McCulloch
“The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers...I kept as still as I could. Nothing happened. I did not expect anything to happen. I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.”
― Willa Cather, My Ántonia
“Let today be the day you stop having conflict between your actions and your goals and finally align your greatest intent with your purposeful actions, creating a universal symphony serenading your success!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. Thats the essence of it.”
― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps.”
― Steve Maraboli
“When you truly embrace your human impermanence you connect with the power you have, and influence you have, over the time you have.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“No matter what the cause, God is only as willing as you are.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Success can be defined in many ways but failure in only one ... quitting!”
― Gerard de Marigny, The Watchman of Ephraim
“How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You...Be Free...Share.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”
― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
― Herman Melville
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.”
― Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
― Winston Churchill
“Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens”
― Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.”
― Jason Mraz
“If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.”
― Steven Wright
“I 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.”
― Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. And while they seem quite eager to feed you their negativity, please remember that sometimes the diet we need to be on is a spiritual and emotional one. Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul. Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action.”
― Steve Maraboli
“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”
― Ellen DeGeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding
“I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably
become as ordinary as they expect you to be.”
― Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
“Vision without execution is just hallucination.”
― Henry Ford
“I`ve learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It`s what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it.”
― Sandra Bullock
“The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.”
― Patrick Swayze
“so here i sit. a sum of the parts. about a third way down this wonderful path, so to speak. and i've been thinking lately about a friendship that fell apart with time, with distance, and with the misunderstanding of youth. i'm trying not to confuse sadness with regret. not the easiest thing at times. i dont regret that certain things happened. i understand that perhaps i had a choice in the matter, or perhaps i believe in fate. probably not, but so far actions as small as the quickest glance to events as monumental as death have pushed me slowly along to right here, right now. there was no other way to get here. the meandering and erratic path was actually the straightest of lines. take away a handful of angry words, things once thought of as mistakes or regrets, and i'm suddenly a different person with a different history, a different future. that, i would regret. so here i sit. thinking about a person i once called my best friends. a man who might be full of sadness and regret, who might not give a damn, or who might, just might, remember the future and realize that's where its at.”
― Chris Wright
“Success is a great deodorant.”
― Elizabeth Taylor
“Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling”
― Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within
“The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.”
― Bessie Anderson Stanley, More Heart Throbs Volume Two in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People And by them contributed as a Supplement to the original $10,000 Prize Book HEART THROBS
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston Churchill
“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
― W.C. Fields
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
― Albert Einstein
“You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.”
― Lance Armstrong, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
“The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“Are you going to allow the world around you to change while you remain stagnant? Make this the time you throw away old habits that have hindered your happiness and success and finally allow your greatest self to flourish.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”
― Colin Powell
“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ”
― John R. Wooden
“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
― Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
“Running isn't a sport for pretty boys...It's about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. Its the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It's about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It's about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It's about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there's not a single soul in sight to cheer you on. Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you've finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that's all that you can ask for.”
― Paul Maurer, The Gift - A Runner's Story
“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”
― Flannery O'Connor
“He will know from and early age that failure is not disgrace. It's just a pitch that you missed, and you'd better get ready for the next one. The next one might be the shot heard round the world. My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don't.”
― Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
“I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.”
― Madeleine Albright, Madam Secretary: A Memoir
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen
“Success is getting what you want..
Happiness is wanting what you get.”
― Dale Carnegie
“Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“We are all failures- at least the best of us are.”
― J.M. Barrie
“Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!”
― Dr. Seuss
“You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“It’s what you do in your free time that will set you free—or enslave you. ”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book Title is Invisible
“Do not sabotage your new relationship with your last relationship’s poison.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”
― Mary Kay Ash
“Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.”
― David Burns
“Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, your desires, your goals, your relationships.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Inherited Will, The Destiny of the Age, and The Dreams of the People. As long as people continue to pursue the meaning of Freedom, these things will never cease to be!" - Gol D. Roger”
― Eiichiro Oda
“It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
― Mario Andretti
“You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.”
― Vernon Howard
“There are going to be times when you learn more about the world you’re entering and feel defeated when you see the gap between the ideal and the reality… But that’s something we’ll all face. The people that face those obstacles and overcome them are people whose dreams come true.”
― Tsugumi Ohba, Bakuman, Volume 3: Debut and Impatience
“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
“Don't give up! It's not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Learn from your history but don’t live in it.”
― Steve Maraboli
“I believe that you're great, that there's something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life, regardless of how young or how old you think you might be, the moment you begin to think properly, there's something that is within you, there's power within you, that's greater than the world. It will begin to emerge. It will take over your life. It will feed you. It will clothe you. It will guide you, protect you, direct you, sustain your very existence, if you let it. Now, that is what I know for sure.”
― Michael Beckwith
“Moods can be contagious. Don't catch or spread a bad mood.”
― Marilyn Suttle
“I dreamt -- marvellous error! -- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.”
― Antonio Machado
“What do you think will be more effective when it comes to succeeding, believing you can or KNOWING you will? Let today be the last day you took timid steps of belief and start taking confident steps of purpose-driven knowing!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say "i love you", "i'm sorry", "i appreciate you", "i'm proud of you"...whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it...cause a smile today for someone else...and give plenty of hugs.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
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“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
“Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it...”
― Wilferd Peterson
“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also....but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Do I attribute my success to hard work, or sunscreen? If you want the truth, maybe you should ask my new albino secretary. ”
― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
“Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.”
― John C. Maxwell, Your Road Map for Success: You Can Get There from Here
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”
― Ingrid Bergman
“Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.”
― Zig Ziglar
“If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”
― Bobbe Sommer
“If you can't do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love. If you can't do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can't do them with a little love, do them anyway.
Love grows when people serve.”
― John Ortberg, The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
“Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.”
― Maryon Pearson
“Then what is good? The obsessive interest in human affairs, plus a certain amount of compassion and moral conviction, that first made the experience of living something that must be translated into pigment or music or bodily movement or poetry or prose or anything that's dynamic and expressivee--that's what's good for you if you're at all serious in your aims. William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. "In the time of your life--live!" That time is short and it doesn't return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, loss, loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition.”
― Tennessee Williams
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
― Will Rogers
“Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you? Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions! Today's a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
“At any given moment the choice to be happy is present- we just have to choose to be happy.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ”
― Anthony Robbins
“Sky is not a limit for me; because I have no limit for myself in life. Because life is a world full of risk taking and possibilities. No matter how hard or easy life is; I will always find a way to enjoy myself; even in the mist of circumstances; because problems is a sense of adventure in sheep's clothing.”
― Temitope Owosela
“It is a common condition of being poor...you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them away, because you have no power beyond your own brute strength to stop them.”
― Rick Bragg
“The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying”
― John C. Maxwell
“We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
“Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others”
― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
― Zig Ziglar
“Don't mistake activity with achievement.”
― John Wooden
“Success is...
knowing your purpose in life,
growing to reach your maximum potential, and
sowing seeds that benefit others.”
― John C. Maxwell
“Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.”
― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“You're life is a print-out of your thoughts.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
― Denis Waitley
“Don't tie your success to anything other than what's inside you”
― Debra Anastasia, Poughkeepsie
“Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.”
― Isobelle Carmody, The Keeping Place
“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failures certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”
― Alexandre Dumas
“Interrupt your thoughts of "I should", with your action of doing.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don’t let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“People don't fail; they just stop trying.”
― Bud Boyd
“Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Instead, shake things up today! Live through today. Don’t just exist through it - LIVE through it!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Do you love yourself enough to be what you love yourself enough to want?”
― Steve Maraboli
“If you don’t know exactly where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Your agreement with reality defines your life.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!”
― Abbie Hoffman
“Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it.”
― Jim Rohn
“A teacher is one who makes himself progresively unnecessary.”
― Thomas Carruthers
“Today is the only day in which we have any power.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Stop blaming outside circumstances for your inside chaos.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it. Stop giving other people your power to shape your life.”
― Steve Maraboli
“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.”
― Steve Maraboli
“We must transcend the illusion that money or power has any bearing on our worthiness as children of God.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”
― Oscar Wilde
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.”
― Bruce Feirstein
“I haven’t spent my time trying to duplicate my success. But only because I haven’t had any yet.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”
― W.P. Kinsella
“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut”
― Albert Einstein
“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.”
― Bette Midler
“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston Churchill
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Confucius
“I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
― Salvador Dalí
“If I told you I’ve worked hard to get where I’m at, I’d be lying, because I have no idea where I am right now.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. ”
― Mark Twain
“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ”
― Coco Chanel
― Dalai Lama XIV
“I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ”
― Oprah Winfrey
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ”
― Bill Cosby
“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.”
― Voltaire
“How would your life be different if…You pretended those around you were deaf to your words? Let today be the day…You let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Don't be afraid of failure. This is the way to succeed.”
― LeBron James, Shooting Stars
“You are where you are right now because of the actions you've taken, or maybe, the inaction you've taken.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I never fail. It's just that the people around me succeed more than I.”
― Carroll Bryant
“Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent”
― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
“God’s word is not just to be heard and repeated, it is to be breathed, lived, and emulated with each action.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“There is only one success-to be able to spend life in your own way.”
― Christopher Morley
“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli
“You have been blessed with immeasurable power to make positive changes in your life.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“You've been given the innate power to shape your life...but you cannot just speak change, you have to LIVE change. Intent paired with action builds the bridge to success. You can't just want it; you have to do it, live it...BE it! Success isn't something you have, it's something you DO!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“NEVER be surprised by your own success!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.”
― Mia Hamm
“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal”
― Thomas S. Monson
“Success is a journey, not a destination.”
― Ben Sweetland
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
“Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”
― Steve Maraboli
“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”
― Joyce Meyer
“Be happy with who you are and what you do, and you can do anything you want.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“You cannot continue on the same path and arrive at a different destination. Make the choice to have your actions reflect your goals.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Why are you going to choose failure when success is an option?”
― Jillian Michaels
“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”
― Dale Carnegie
“Stop just cheering for others who are living their visions. Commit yourself to your own success and follow the steps required to achieve it.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Free yourself from the burden of feeling the need to hold on to anything. Let go… you are a part of everything.”
― Steve Maraboli
“In theory, the risk of business failure can be reduced to a number, the probability of failure multiplied by the cost of failure. Sure, this turns out to be a subjective analysis, but in the process your own attitudes toward financial risk and reward are revealed.
By contrast, personal risk usually defies quantification. It's a matter of values and priorities, an expression of who you are. "Playing it safe" may simply mean you do not weigh heavily the compromises inherent in the status quo. The financial rewards of the moment may fully compensate you for the loss of time and fulfillment. Or maybe you just don't think about it. On the other hand, if time and satisfaction are precious, truly priceless, you will find the cost of business failure, so long as it does not put in peril the well-being of you or your family, pales in comparison with the personal risks of no trying to live the life you want today.
Considering personal risk forces us to define personal success. We may well discover that the business failure we avoid and the business success we strive for do not lead us to personal success at all. Most of us have inherited notions of "success" from someone else or have arrived at these notions by facing a seemingly endless line of hurdles extending from grade school through college and into our careers. We constantly judge ourselves against criteria that others have set and rank ourselves against others in their game. Personal goals, on the other hand, leave us on our own, without this habit of useless measurement and comparison.
Only the Whole Life Plan leads to personal success. It has the greatest chance of providing satisfaction and contentment that one can take to the grave, tomorrow. In the Deferred Life Plan there will always be another prize to covet, another distraction, a new hunger to sate. You will forever come up short.”
― Randy Komisar, Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur
“Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.”
― Ben Carson, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
“If you believe you can, you might. If you know you can, you will.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Fortune sides with him who dares.”
― Virgil
“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.”
― Amelia Earhart
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love-then make that day count!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure can't exist without one.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it fearlessly.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.”
― Robert Strauss
“Change is in the air. This change reminds us that we are made and beautifully sculpted by the same power that orchestrates the change of season. Let this be the season you embrace and align yourself with this change.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Success is something you experience when you act accordingly. Success is not something you have, it's something you do.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Thinking about the haves and the have nots, I’m reminded of something Jefferson said. He was sitting at the dining room table in the White House when he picked up his fork, leaned forward in his chair, bunched up his eyebrows in surprise, and said, “I haven’t eaten all day.” You see, Jefferson truly reflected early America at that time. He was hungry, and I think you’ll find that most successful people are.”
― Jarod Kintz, American Association for the Advancement of Aardvarks Presents: Dear Natalie
“You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.”
― Albert Camus
“While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“How many people you bless is how you measure success”
― Rick Ross
“Live your vision and demand your success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Stop giving meaningless praise and start giving meaningful action.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Make the choice to embrace this day. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the ghost of yesterday or the "To-Do" list of tomorrow! It’s inspiring to see all the wonderfully amazing things that can happen in a day in which you participate.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”
― Henry Ford
“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”
― A.A. Milne, Not That It Matters
“Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth.”
― Dorothy Day
“Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The secret to success is constancy of purpose.”
― Benjamin Disraeli
“Participate in your own dreams, don’t just say what you want or complain about what you don’t have.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive”
― Karl Lagerfeld
“The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence.”
― Mia Hamm
“The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is learning to let go. Stop allowing anyone or anything control, limit, repress, or discourage you from being your true self! Today is YOURS to shape - own it - break free from people and things that poison or dilute your spirit.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The universe doesn’t give you what you ask for with your thoughts - it gives you what you demand with your actions.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
― Thomas A. Edison
“Never was anything great achieved without danger.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”
― Michael Jordan
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
― Beverly Sills
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment”
― Oprah Winfrey
“Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind.”
― Albert Einstein
“There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. ...But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.”
― Deepak Chopra
“Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I do not like to repeat successes I like to go on to other things.”
― Walt Disney Company
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.”
― Reba McEntire
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
― Thomas Jefferson
“Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.”
― Marianne Williamson
“The roughest roads often lead to the top.”
― Christina Aguilera
“Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time. Each day is a new opportunity to live your life to the fullest. In each waking day, you will find scores of blessings and opportunities for positive change. Do not let your TODAY be stolen by the unchangeable past or the indefinite future! Today is a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“People rarely succeed unless they have
fun in what they are doing.”
― Dale Carnegie
“Decide what you want to be....
Pay the Price ...
And be what you want to be.”
― John A Widtsoe, In a Sunlit Land
“The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.”
― Salvador Dalí
“The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.”
― George S. Patton Jr.
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.”
― Henry David Thoreau
“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.”
― Anna Quindlen
“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”
― J. E. McCulloch
“The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers...I kept as still as I could. Nothing happened. I did not expect anything to happen. I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep.”
― Willa Cather, My Ántonia
“Let today be the day you stop having conflict between your actions and your goals and finally align your greatest intent with your purposeful actions, creating a universal symphony serenading your success!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. Thats the essence of it.”
― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“The power to change your life lies in the simplest of steps.”
― Steve Maraboli
“When you truly embrace your human impermanence you connect with the power you have, and influence you have, over the time you have.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Although goals are important, having a plan of action is vital to the success of those goals. Having a goal with no plan of action is like wanting to travel to a new destination without having a map.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Free yourself from the inauthenticity and disempowerment of your story.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“No matter what the cause, God is only as willing as you are.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Success can be defined in many ways but failure in only one ... quitting!”
― Gerard de Marigny, The Watchman of Ephraim
“How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn't what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You...Be Free...Share.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”
― Vince Lombardi Jr.
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
― Herman Melville
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.”
― Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
― Winston Churchill
“Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens”
― Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!
“You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.”
― Jason Mraz
“If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.”
― Steven Wright
“I 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.”
― Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. And while they seem quite eager to feed you their negativity, please remember that sometimes the diet we need to be on is a spiritual and emotional one. Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul. Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action.”
― Steve Maraboli
“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”
― Ellen DeGeneres, Seriously...I'm Kidding
“I advise you to stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents. Because, if you're the kind of person who senses there's something out there for you beyond whatever it is you're expected to do - if you want to be EXTRA-ordinary- you will not get there by hanging around a bunch of people who tell you you're not extraordinary. Instead, you will probably
become as ordinary as they expect you to be.”
― Kelly Cutrone, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You
“Vision without execution is just hallucination.”
― Henry Ford
“I`ve learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It`s what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you've lost it.”
― Sandra Bullock
“The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.”
― Patrick Swayze
“so here i sit. a sum of the parts. about a third way down this wonderful path, so to speak. and i've been thinking lately about a friendship that fell apart with time, with distance, and with the misunderstanding of youth. i'm trying not to confuse sadness with regret. not the easiest thing at times. i dont regret that certain things happened. i understand that perhaps i had a choice in the matter, or perhaps i believe in fate. probably not, but so far actions as small as the quickest glance to events as monumental as death have pushed me slowly along to right here, right now. there was no other way to get here. the meandering and erratic path was actually the straightest of lines. take away a handful of angry words, things once thought of as mistakes or regrets, and i'm suddenly a different person with a different history, a different future. that, i would regret. so here i sit. thinking about a person i once called my best friends. a man who might be full of sadness and regret, who might not give a damn, or who might, just might, remember the future and realize that's where its at.”
― Chris Wright
“Success is a great deodorant.”
― Elizabeth Taylor
“Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling”
― Tony DeLiso, Legacy: The Power Within
“The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.”
― Bessie Anderson Stanley, More Heart Throbs Volume Two in Prose and Verse Dear to the American People And by them contributed as a Supplement to the original $10,000 Prize Book HEART THROBS
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
― Winston Churchill
“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
― W.C. Fields
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
― Albert Einstein
“You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Anyone who imagines they can work alone winds up surrounded by nothing but rivals, without companions. The fact is, no one ascends alone.”
― Lance Armstrong, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
“The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“Are you going to allow the world around you to change while you remain stagnant? Make this the time you throw away old habits that have hindered your happiness and success and finally allow your greatest self to flourish.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”
― Colin Powell
“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ”
― John R. Wooden
“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
― Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
“Running isn't a sport for pretty boys...It's about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. Its the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It's about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It's about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It's about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there's not a single soul in sight to cheer you on. Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you've finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that's all that you can ask for.”
― Paul Maurer, The Gift - A Runner's Story
“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”
― Flannery O'Connor
“He will know from and early age that failure is not disgrace. It's just a pitch that you missed, and you'd better get ready for the next one. The next one might be the shot heard round the world. My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don't.”
― Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
“I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.”
― Madeleine Albright, Madam Secretary: A Memoir
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
― Elbert Hubbard
“Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment. Today is a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive quality often comes from the way they are part of the much larger temptation to self-rejection. When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved." Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen
“Success is getting what you want..
Happiness is wanting what you get.”
― Dale Carnegie
“Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Don't sweat tomorrow - you haven't even met. Instead, open your eyes and your heart to a truly precious gift - today.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“We are all failures- at least the best of us are.”
― J.M. Barrie
“Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!”
― Dr. Seuss
“You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“It’s what you do in your free time that will set you free—or enslave you. ”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book Title is Invisible
“Do not sabotage your new relationship with your last relationship’s poison.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.”
― Mary Kay Ash
“Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do.”
― David Burns
“Become the leader of your life. Lead yourself to where you want to be. Breathe life back into your ambitions, your desires, your goals, your relationships.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Inherited Will, The Destiny of the Age, and The Dreams of the People. As long as people continue to pursue the meaning of Freedom, these things will never cease to be!" - Gol D. Roger”
― Eiichiro Oda
“It’s a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison to any living goal.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
― Mario Andretti
“You have succeeded in life when all you really WANT is only what you really NEED.”
― Vernon Howard
“There are going to be times when you learn more about the world you’re entering and feel defeated when you see the gap between the ideal and the reality… But that’s something we’ll all face. The people that face those obstacles and overcome them are people whose dreams come true.”
― Tsugumi Ohba, Bakuman, Volume 3: Debut and Impatience
“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
“Don't give up! It's not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Learn from your history but don’t live in it.”
― Steve Maraboli
“I believe that you're great, that there's something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life, regardless of how young or how old you think you might be, the moment you begin to think properly, there's something that is within you, there's power within you, that's greater than the world. It will begin to emerge. It will take over your life. It will feed you. It will clothe you. It will guide you, protect you, direct you, sustain your very existence, if you let it. Now, that is what I know for sure.”
― Michael Beckwith
“Moods can be contagious. Don't catch or spread a bad mood.”
― Marilyn Suttle
“I dreamt -- marvellous error! -- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.”
― Antonio Machado
“What do you think will be more effective when it comes to succeeding, believing you can or KNOWING you will? Let today be the last day you took timid steps of belief and start taking confident steps of purpose-driven knowing!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“According to the moral absolutism that characterizes McCandless's beliefs, a challenge in which a successful outcome is assured isn't a challenge at all.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“One of the most spiritual things you can do is embrace your humanity. Connect with those around you today. Say "i love you", "i'm sorry", "i appreciate you", "i'm proud of you"...whatever you're feeling. Send random texts, write a cute note, embrace your truth and share it...cause a smile today for someone else...and give plenty of hugs.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
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“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
― Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
“Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it...”
― Wilferd Peterson
“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“People who lack the clarity, courage, or determination to follow their own dreams will often find ways to discourage yours. When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change also....but only after doing their best to make you stop. Live your truth and don't EVER stop.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Do I attribute my success to hard work, or sunscreen? If you want the truth, maybe you should ask my new albino secretary. ”
― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
“Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.”
― John C. Maxwell, Your Road Map for Success: You Can Get There from Here
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”
― Ingrid Bergman
“Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.”
― Zig Ziglar
“If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.”
― Bobbe Sommer
“If you can't do great things, Mother Teresa used to say, do little things with great love. If you can't do them with great love, do them with a little love. If you can't do them with a little love, do them anyway.
Love grows when people serve.”
― John Ortberg, The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
“Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.”
― Maryon Pearson
“Then what is good? The obsessive interest in human affairs, plus a certain amount of compassion and moral conviction, that first made the experience of living something that must be translated into pigment or music or bodily movement or poetry or prose or anything that's dynamic and expressivee--that's what's good for you if you're at all serious in your aims. William Saroyan wrote a great play on this theme, that purity of heart is the one success worth having. "In the time of your life--live!" That time is short and it doesn't return again. It is slipping away while I write this and while you read it, the monosyllable of the clock is Loss, loss, loss, unless you devote your heart to its opposition.”
― Tennessee Williams
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
― Will Rogers
“Today, many will choose to live free of conditions and rules governing their own happiness. Why not you? Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions! Today's a new day!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
“At any given moment the choice to be happy is present- we just have to choose to be happy.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ”
― Anthony Robbins
“Sky is not a limit for me; because I have no limit for myself in life. Because life is a world full of risk taking and possibilities. No matter how hard or easy life is; I will always find a way to enjoy myself; even in the mist of circumstances; because problems is a sense of adventure in sheep's clothing.”
― Temitope Owosela
“It is a common condition of being poor...you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them away, because you have no power beyond your own brute strength to stop them.”
― Rick Bragg
“The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying”
― John C. Maxwell
“We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
“Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others”
― Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”
― Zig Ziglar
“Don't mistake activity with achievement.”
― John Wooden
“Success is...
knowing your purpose in life,
growing to reach your maximum potential, and
sowing seeds that benefit others.”
― John C. Maxwell
“Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.”
― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“You're life is a print-out of your thoughts.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today. What are you going to create?”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
― Denis Waitley
“Don't tie your success to anything other than what's inside you”
― Debra Anastasia, Poughkeepsie
“Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.”
― Isobelle Carmody, The Keeping Place
“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failures certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”
― Alexandre Dumas
“Interrupt your thoughts of "I should", with your action of doing.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Your dream is a reality that is waiting for you to materialize. Today is a new day! Don’t let your history interfere with your destiny! Learn from your past so that it can empower your present and propel you to greatness”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“People don't fail; they just stop trying.”
― Bud Boyd
“Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Instead, shake things up today! Live through today. Don’t just exist through it - LIVE through it!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“I am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Do you love yourself enough to be what you love yourself enough to want?”
― Steve Maraboli
“If you don’t know exactly where you’re going, how will you know when you get there?”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Your agreement with reality defines your life.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!”
― Abbie Hoffman
“Too much action with too little intent makes for wasteful exertion of energy and the confusion between movement and progress.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it.”
― Jim Rohn
“A teacher is one who makes himself progresively unnecessary.”
― Thomas Carruthers
“Today is the only day in which we have any power.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“Stop blaming outside circumstances for your inside chaos.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Start shaping your own day. Start walking your own walk. This journey is yours, take charge of it. Stop giving other people your power to shape your life.”
― Steve Maraboli
“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.”
― Steve Maraboli
“We must transcend the illusion that money or power has any bearing on our worthiness as children of God.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”
― Oscar Wilde
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise.”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.”
― Bruce Feirstein
“I haven’t spent my time trying to duplicate my success. But only because I haven’t had any yet.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go!
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
― Truman Capote
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”
― W.P. Kinsella
“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut”
― Albert Einstein
“The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.”
― Bette Midler
“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston Churchill
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Confucius
“I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
― Salvador Dalí
“If I told you I’ve worked hard to get where I’m at, I’d be lying, because I have no idea where I am right now.”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. ”
― Mark Twain
“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ”
― Coco Chanel
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