The first requisite for success is the ability to apply…

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.

— Anonymous

I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in…

— William Allingham

“A solid routine fosters a well-worn groove for one’s mental energies and helps stave off the tyranny of moods.”

— Mason Currey

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

— Anonymous

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and…

— Anonymous

To become convinced that you can succeed is the first requisite to success.

— Wallace D. Wattles

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

— Herbert Spencer

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand…

— Thomas A. Edison

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus...

— Thomas A. Edison

“...a large segment of our population appears to have moved, in its cultural beliefs, to the use of an "ideal" measuring implement, based particularly…

— Anonymous

“One of the main secrets of success is the ability to foresee the situation a few steps forward.”

— Sahara Sanders

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

— Thomas A. Edison

A success, to me, is the ability to keep working. That's success. It has nothing to do with money; it's the ability to keep…

— Steven Soderbergh

Success is the ability to continue to move through total disaster.

— Winston Churchill

“Success is the ability to change some one's perception of life.”

— Zeeshan Raza