William Shakespeare Quotes about Success
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare (1838). “The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols., including a vol. entitled William Shakspere, by C. Knight].”, p.281
'Macbeth' (1606) act 5, sc. 5, l. 16
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.549
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 2, sc. 5, l. [158]
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.35
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30
To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
'Hamlet' (1601) act 2, sc. 2, l. [179]
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 3, sc. 2, l. [271]
I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 1, sc. 2, l. [247]
