Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. 746
It has always seemed strange to me… the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. 755
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles 654
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. 720
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. 606
Israel was not created in order to disappear – Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. 648
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you. 993
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. 660
As you walk in God’s divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life. 695
Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. 698
Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I’d probably choose success. 2.32K
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. 641
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. 653
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. 1.33K
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim. 658
