Nothing recedes like success.
—Bryan Forbes (1926–2013) English Film Director, Actor, Writer
Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
There’s always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
I … am always glad to touch the living rock again and dip my hand in the high mountain air.
—Isaac Asimov (1920–92) Russian-born American Writer, Scientist
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? .
—James Lane Allen (1849–1925) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
Nothing succeeds like success.
—Alexandre Dumas pere (1802–1870) French Novelist, Playwright
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American Historian, Political Leader, Explorer
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.
—Colin Powell (1937–2021) American Military Leader
The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality
—Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher
You can never have real success till you meet the real person—YOU.
—Indian Proverb
It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
—John Wooden (1910–2010) American Basketball Coach, Educator
I concede!
—Richard Nixon (1913–94) American Head of State, Lawyer
For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
—Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) American Entrepreneur, Businessperson
To have known the best, and to have known it for the best, is success in life.
—John William Mackay (1831–1902) Irish-American Industrialist
Avoid witicisms at the expense of others.
—Horace Mann (1796–1859) American Educator, Politician, Educationalist
Success is the sum of small efforts,
Repeated day in and day out,
With never a thought of frustration,
With never a thought of doubt.
—Robert Collier (1885–1950) American Self-Help Author
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.
—Helen Hayes (1900–93) American Actress, Philanthropist
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. Genuine ignorance is profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open-mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.
—John Dewey (1859–1952) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Educator
Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so… I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
—Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur
We mount to heaven mostly on the ruins of our cherished schemes, finding our failures were successes.
—Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) American Teacher, Writer, Philosopher
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up… persisting… eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
There is no royal road; you’ve got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.
—Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961) American Businessperson
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it’s what he descends to that shames the human race.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
The best revenge is massive success.
—Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) American Singer
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
—Paul Sweeney
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