Success Quotes by Eric Hoffer

What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist.

— Eric Hoffer

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement.

— Eric Hoffer

Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success

— Eric Hoffer

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments.

— Eric Hoffer

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.

— Eric Hoffer

Successful action tends to become an end in itself

— Eric Hoffer

“Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us”

— Eric Hoffer

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts.

— Eric Hoffer

Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.

— Eric Hoffer

It is the fate of every great achievement to be pounced upon by pedants and imitators who drain it of life and…

— Eric Hoffer

Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature.

— Eric Hoffer

A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.

— Eric Hoffer

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove…

— Eric Hoffer

To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, which extols…

— Eric Hoffer

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

— Eric Hoffer

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently.…

— Eric Hoffer

It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the…

— Eric Hoffer

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness…

— Eric Hoffer

Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the…

— Eric Hoffer

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget…

— Eric Hoffer

The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to…

— Eric Hoffer

“They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to…

— Eric Hoffer

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to…

— Eric Hoffer