Success Quotes - Page 115

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

I’m worried that students will take their obedient place in society and look to become successful cogs in the wheel - let the wheel spin them around as it wants without taking a look at what they’re doing. I’m concerned that students not become passive acceptors of the official doctrine that’s handed down to them from the White House, the media, textbooks, teachers and preachers.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

An imitation may be quite successful in its own way, but imitation can never be Success. Success is a first-hand creation.

Smart writers never understand why their satires on our town are never successful. What they refuse to accept is that you can't satirize a satire.

If you train yourself to listen to your intuition and to follow its bidding, you will greatly increase your percentage of success in life.

If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful.

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and being loved and being successful, when in fact my experience of happiness comes when you give everything away, when you serve people, when you're watching something you do make somebody happy, that's when happiness happens.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

While I am proud of a number of accomplishments, there are real costs to being unreasonable. Long hours. Too little time with family. A near incapacity for, as they say, stopping and smelling the roses.

To be successful in my native France, where people speak the same language and understand me, is nothing.

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.

Unsuccessful people think about what they don’t want most of the time. They talk about problems, listen to news & gossip, & spend their time blaming circumstances, situations & others. Successful people think about what they want & how they will get it. They are intensely focused on their goals & the information needed to help obtain them. Which person are YOU?

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

One of the things young people always ask me about is what is the secret to success. The secret is there is no secret. It's the basics. Blocking and tackling.

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him.

The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.

Remember that the successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and (2) being the right person.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have everything you want.