QUOTES ABOUT SUCCESS AND FAILURE
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Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. 

A small trouble is like a pebble. 
Hold it too close to your eye, 
and it puts everything out of focus. 
Hold it at proper viewing distance, 
and it can be examined and classified. 
Throw it at your feet, and it can be 
seen in its true setting, just one more 
tiny bump on the pathway to eternity. 
-Celia Luce

Every day you spend drifting away from your goals is a waste not only
of that day, but also of the additional day it takes to regain lost
ground. -Ralph Marston

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start
from now and make a brand new end. -Carl Bard

Things turn out best for people who make the best out of the way
things turn out. -John Wooden

Tough times don't last but tough people do.

Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
-Napoleon Hill

Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the
stronger the trees. -Williard Marriott

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an 
unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
-Frank Lloyd Wright

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. -Moliere

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no
birds sang except those that sang best. -Henry Van Dyke

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.
Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do
the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of
themselves. -Dale Carnegie

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success
because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they
are determined to. -George Allen

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a
nightmare. -Japanese proverb

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that
we can succeed. -Nelson Boswell

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine with only
interests. -John Stuart Mill

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an
optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. 
-Harry Truman

Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom. -George Patton

Even a fool knows we can't reach the stars, but that doesn't stop the
wise from trying.

No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not
know until you spread your wings.

You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the
skill to do difficult things easily. -Johann Schiller 

The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use.
-George A. Dorsey

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Sitting still and wishing
Made no person great;
The good Lord sends the fishing,
but you must dig the bait.




Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can
change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

You become successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile
goal.

Many times the difference between failure and success is doing
something nearly right... or doing it exactly right.

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty.

Countless, unseen details are often the only difference between
mediocre and magnificent.

Success always occurs in private and failure in full view.

The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest
navigators. -Edward Gibbon

Ability is of little account without opportunity. -Napoleon Bonaparte

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. -Christopher Morley

Winners are not those who never fail, but those who never quit.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like
to do. -Albert Gray

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
and looks like work. -Thomas Edison

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes
off the goal. -Hannah More

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting
started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small
manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. -Mark Twain

From the moment you set your sights on a goal and start to take
action, you begin to reap its rewards. The actual attainment is only
the final award. There are many more along the way.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win.

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is
never enough. -Erica Jong

He who fails to plan, plans to fail.

He who has a thing to sell
And goes and wishes in a well
Will not as likely get the dollars
As he who climbs a tree and hollars.

Do not let big ambitions overshadow small successes.

You never get a second chance to make the first impression.

Chance favors the prepared mind. -Louis Pasteur (attributed)

Chance comes to everybody. Only those who are slow to acknowledge
chance complain that life is unfair. -Maurice Chevalier 

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The search for perfection begins with detecting imperfection.

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
-Paul Seeney

The distance between success and failure can only be measured by one's
desire.

Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at
it.

Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often and loved
much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world
better than they found it, who has never lacked appreciation for the
earth's beauty, who never fails to look for the best in others or
give the best of themselves.

Some people make things happen, some watch things happen, while others
wonder what has happened...

The Essence of Survival
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run
faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed... Every morning a
lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will
starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle
...when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The
ability to direct individual accomplishment toward orgaizational
objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain
uncommon results.

Be ready for changes. A bend in the road, is not the end of the
road... unless you fail to make the turn.