Joseph Addison Quotes about Success

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If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Joseph Addison

Inspirational, Life, Success

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.

Joseph Addison

Success, Perseverance, Guardian Angel

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Joseph Addison

Happiness, Success, Men

Joseph Addison (1794). “Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality”, p.159

This not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.

Joseph Addison

Success, Merit, Command

'Cato' (1713) act 1, sc. 2, l. 43

It is a great presumption to ascribe our successes to our own management, and not to esteem ourselves upon any blessing, rather as it is the bounty of heaven, than the acquisition of our own prudence.

Joseph Addison

Success, Blessing, Heaven

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1822). “The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes”, p.283