Success Quotes (Aug 30, 2007 class)

The things that are worth it in life are not free.

I am the greatest! (Mohammad Ali)

We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. (George Bernard Shaw)

A mistake is only a mistake if you make it twice. (a baseball coach)

So don’t worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34 NIV)
(Ashley’s comment:…whenever I start to worry I’m reminded that there’s really no need to. Life is much more enjoyable without all the worries.)

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the
obstacles which were overcome while trying to succeed. (Booker T. Washington)

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. (Steve Prefontaine)

Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things
and move forward with your life. (Dr. David M. Burns) [Michael’s comment: Success should not mean that you never make
mistakes. Being wrong once in a while allows opportunity for greater growth and humility. This quote gets it right.)

Why be a man when you can be a success? [Gary’s comment: Why be a normal person just living your life when you can be a great success? It’s quite a profound statement—simple and to the point.]

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
(G. K. Chesterton)
[Flori: Weigh carefully all advice you’re given. Keep and do what is valuable, but be careful of “advice”
which is of the form of “you can’t”, “it’s impossible”, “no one’s ever done that”, or other that saps your will or stifles
needed creativity or innovation. This type of attitude is a key to creativity and innovation.]

Do or do not; there is no try. (Yoda) [Jacob’s comment: As used as it is, it’s true. Just trying won’t ever fully succeed. To succeed, you must actually DO what’s needed.]

You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. (Zig Ziglar)

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts. It is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves. (Robert Hutchins)

We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance. (Benjamin Disraeli)

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success. (Henry Ward Beecher)

If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all of the evidence that you tried.

All you need in life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. (Mark Twain)

Whether you think you can or you think you cannot, you’re right. (Henry Ford)

One is only as intelligent as the people whom he presides with. (Lao Tzi)

I’ve done so much for so long with so little, I’m now qualified to do everything with nothing. (Jeff Cooper)

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. (Confucius)

Remember the past, live in the present, and fear not the future….(Saphira)

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. (Robert Collier)

It doesn’t matter how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep going. (Rocky Balboa)

Everyone pities the weak. Jealousy is something you have to earn. (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. (Bill Cosby)

Take heed: You do not get what you do not seek.

The only constant thing about life is change. (Dr. Dorothy Smith)

Many say I have failed a thousand times, but I have successfully found a thousand ways that don’t work. (Thomas Edison)

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. (Thomas Carlyle)

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. (Thomas Edison)

To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. (Aristotle)

Try not to be a man of success, but rather try to be a man of value. (Albert Einstein)

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. (Socrates)

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. (George S. Patton)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. (Aristotle)

Do not dwell in the past. Focus on the present that would lead to your future.

Excuses are like butts: Everyone has one and they stink. (Justin Eddleman)

Practice doesn’t make you perfect, but it makes you better.

If you’re going to reach for the stars, reach for the lowest one possible.

Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard. (…a movie)

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. (Chinese proverb)

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Hard work is the
price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you’re willing to pay the price. (Vince Lombardi)

It takes a little courage, and a little self control.
And some grim determination, if you want to reach the goal.
It takes a great deal of striving, and a firm and stern-set chin,
No matter what the battle, if you really want to win.
There’s no easy path to glory, there is no road to fame.
Life, however we may view it, is no simple parlor game,
But its prizes call for fighting, for endurance and grit,
For a rugged disposition that will not quit.
(a Navy Seal Masterchief)

Don’t take life too seriously, you’ll never make it out alive. (Van Wilder)

The power of imagination is infinite. (John Muir)

Inspiration and genius are one and the same. (Victor Hugo)

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

Worrying is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but doesn’t get you anywhere.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. (Ben Stein)

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula
for failure, which is: Try to please everybody. (Herbert Bayard Swope)

Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it the worse it eludes you, but if you turn your
attention to other things it comes and sits softly on your shoulder. (Henry David Thoreau)

You live and learn….At any rate, you live. (Douglas Adams)

I love deadlines, especially the whooshing sound as they pass by. (Douglas Adams)

It is not our abilities that show who we are; it is our choices. (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone)

It is possible to fail in many ways….while to succeed is possible only in one way. (Aristotle)

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. (Bob Dylan)

Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill)

A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members. (David Coblitz)

If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X, Y is play, and Z is keeping your mouth shut. (Einstein)

Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. (Forrest Gump)

The more joyous the heart, the harder it is to break.

Nothing worth having is easily attained.

If not now, when?

Comedy is acting out optimism. (Robin Williams)

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. (Winston Churchill)

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. (W. C. Fields)

If at first you don’t succeed, give up.

If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything. (Bill Lyon)

If at first you don’t succeed, lie, lie again. (Ann Coulter)

If at first you do succeed—try to hide your astonishment. (Harry Banks)

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. (W. C. Fields)

America demands invention and innovation to succeed. (Kit Bond)

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. (Dale Carnegie)

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the
keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. (Confucius)

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only
if they are determined to be so. (Charles de Gaulle)

Why aim for the stars when there’s already footsteps on the moon.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. (Vincent van Gogh)

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. (Socrates)