…don’t try to pull some other fellow off the ladder—there’s room enough for both of you—be kind, be kind.
William Walker Atkinson, Nuggets of the New Thought
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…don’t try to pull some other fellow off the ladder—there’s room enough for both of you—be kind, be kind.
William Walker Atkinson, Nuggets of the New Thought
…that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.
Theodore Roosevelt, The Strenuous Life
…stick to it steadily; and you will see great Effects, for Constant Dropping wears away Stones, and by Diligence and Patience the Mouse ate in two the Cable; and Little Strokes fell great Oaks…
Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth
When a man is in the right path, he must persevere.
P. T. Barnum, Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum
I believe the true road to preëminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line.
Andrew Carnegie, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
One who fears the future, who fears failure, limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again. There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail.
Henry Ford, My Life and Work
When natural inclination develops into a passionate desire, one advances towards his goal in seven-league boots.
Nikola Tesla, My Inventions
To get rich, is not always equivalent to being successful.
P. T. Barnum, Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum
Do your work with a whole heart and you will succeed—there is so little competition!
Elbert Hubbard, The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard