If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him. 675
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. 651
You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don’t know how to feel good about the work you’re doing or the life you’re leading. 3.14K
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. 667
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success… such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. 602
We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about. 867
Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren’t sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better. 2.62K
No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure. 959
The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life – mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. 698
There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation. 1.06K
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. 709
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. 1.41K
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning. 1.4K
If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work. 657
My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. 666
Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. 667
