In the big picture, few of our careers live up to the dreams we nursed when we were young. In fact, one… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
The reason for our success is no secret. It comes down to one single principle that transcends time and geography, religion and… — Isadore Sharp Copy Share Image
I grew up hearing over and over, to the point of tedium, that "hard work" was the secret of success: "Work hard… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Having success in World Cups is some of the biggest career highlights that I've had, but more generally speaking, the biggest highlight… — Ellyse Perry Copy Share Image
The success of the first album was almost an anomaly, and it could remain a fantastic anomaly. It was not crafted for… — Christine and the Queens Copy Share Image
The cinema has done more for my spiritual life than the church. My ideas of fame, success and beauty all originate from… — John Updike Copy Share Image
What I have learned from the Red Bull umbrella is that it is about having an identity, sticking to it and having… — Jesse Marsch Copy Share Image
Set out with some definite purpose in life and accomplish that purpose. There is little that the human mind can conceive that… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
Six Secrets to Being a Successful Humorist 1. Be scared, unhappy, and an outcast as a kid. 2. Drop out of high… — Bruce McCall Copy Share Image
It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I would like to be remembered as a guy who had a set of priorities, and was willing to live by those… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
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When a black person gets money, becomes a successful - say, billionaire - first thing they do is move out of the… — Gavin McInnes Copy Share Image
A successful song comes to sing itself inside the listener. It is cellular and seismic, a wave coalescing in the mind and… — Kevin Brockmeier Copy Share Image
Society functions in a way much more interesting than the multiple-choice pattern we have been rewarded for succeeding at in school. Success… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
You Control Your Own Will To Succeed. The More You Desire Something, The More Driven You Will Become To Acquire It. Challenge… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
If success in selling is my primary interest, I am not primarily a writer, but a salesperson. If I teach success in… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“The Kindle wasn’t an overnight success, of course, but an avalanche of publicity and its prominent placement at the top of the… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
In diplomacy, as in life itself, one often learns more from failures than from successes. Triumphs will seem, in retrospect, to be… — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
“To me, a winner is someone who recognizes their God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
“He envisions the supply chain as an “intricate network of suppliers, distributors, and customers who share carefully managed information about demand, decisions,… — Michael H. Hugos Copy Share Image
“The dictionary defines pride as “pleasure or satisfaction in one’s work or achievement.” According to that definition a person needs to do… — Francisco X. Stork Copy Share Image
I love 'Braxton Family Values!' I love seeing a strong family unit striving for success while dealing with everyday struggles like everyone… — Drew Sidora Copy Share Image
Sports psychology suggests - and we as players have been taught - that negative self-talk can diminish our chances for success and… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
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“have seen business moguls achieve their ultimate goals, but still live in frustration, worry, and fear. What’s preventing these successful people from… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
In [David] Douglas's success in life ... his great activity, undaunted courage, singular abstemiousness, and energetic zeal, at once pointed him out… — Joseph Dalton Hooker Copy Share Image
“Unhappiness that is caused by too much success is a high-class problem. That’s the sort of unhappiness people work all of their… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I guess something that I've noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their… — Ben Lovett Copy Share Image
“Success-bound people learn early in their careers to avoid the mañana habit. They do today whatever can possibly be done today and… — Sir John Templeton Copy Share Image
For me, success isn't even about money. It's about getting to do what you love and supporting yourself. Everything that comes after… — Bobby Bones Copy Share Image
By going from the bottom-up again, we see where successes work, and you can also see where the status quo can be… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able… — Jeremy Luke Copy Share Image
Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire… — Hugh Nibley Copy Share Image
“The key to successful extramarital sex, therefore, was discretion. Mrs. Patrick Campbell, perhaps the most outspoken woman in polite society, said dryly:… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
“When a long-desired baby is born, what joy! More happiness than we find in sex, more than we take in success, revenge,… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits and attain maximum achievement within them. I would… — Stirling Moss Copy Share Image
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