success Quotes

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success.”

― Confucius, Analects

topic:truth words success language

“the too great care we take of our bodies is the only obstacle to the success of those projects which require rapid decision, and vigorous and determined execution.”

― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

topic:success danger care

“But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail.”

― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

topic:courage success

“Every successful man is more or less a selfish man.”

― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

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“The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration;— this may be called perfect virtue.”

― Confucius, Analects

topic:virtue success difficulty

“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature—it requires, in fact, the nature of a true Individualist—to sympathise with a friend's success.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism

topic:friendship success

“He was a simple man who didn’t feel inferior about his lack of education and, even more amazing, showed no superiority because he had succeeded despite that lack.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:education success humility

“Corruption wins not more than honesty.”

― William Shakespeare, Henry VIII

topic:success honesty

“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.”

― Mark Twain, Following the Equator

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“You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.”

― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

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