Success has ruined many a man.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

I do not like to repeat successes I like to go on to other things.

Define the limits of your vision: Having this, you will not be poorer Than a man who rules a dukedom.

What is the use of acquiring one's heart's desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one's friends, and gather an anthology of envy and admiration?

As in the case in all branches of art, success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by dint of hard work.

The small man is one who throws away his opportunities, whereas great deeds are accomplished through utilizing the mistakes [of others] and inflexibly following them up.

It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world.

Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed.

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.

High station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

What is success? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty and find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded.

Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life. If Bill Gates had got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft?

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks along the way.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

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.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.