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Success Quotes - Page 34

Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.147, Ballantine Books

The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues.

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome) (1887). “The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius”

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.

Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs”, p.108, Vintage

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

"Elon Musk: Secrets of a Highly Effective Entrepreneur" by Interview with Lance Ulanoff, mashable.com. April 13, 2012.

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

"Fictional character: Elliot Carver". "Tomorrow Never Dies", www.imdb.com. 1997.

I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.

Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.212, Broadway Books

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Winston Churchill, Robert Rhodes James (1980). “Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963”, Atheneum