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The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881Speech to the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations in Crystal Palace, London (24 June 1872), quoted in Selected Speeches of the Late Right Honourable the Earl of Beaconsfield, Volume II, ed. T. E. Kebbel (1882), pp. 534-535
- Success
There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
Arthur Conan Doyle1859–1930The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902), Chapter 5In context
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
Alexandre Dumas1802–1870
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Thomas Edison1847–1931
Hell, there are no rules here⁠—we’re trying to accomplish something.
Thomas Edison1847–1931
There’s a way to do it better⁠—find it.
Thomas Edison1847–1931
Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
Jonathan Edwards1703–1758Seventy Resolutions (1722-1723), No. 5.
- Time
I think and think for months and years, ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Albert Einstein1879–1955
Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem⁠—in my opinion⁠—to characterize our age.
Albert Einstein1879–1955“The Common Language of Science”, broadcast (28 September 1941); reprinted in Ideas and Opinions (1954)
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. How can we ever be satisfied without them until our feelings are deadened?
George Eliot1819–1880The Mill on the Floss (1860), Book Fifth: Wheat and Tares, Chapter IIn context
The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882English Traits (1856)
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882The Conduct of Life (1860)
My greatest challenge is not what’s happening at the moment, my greatest challenge was knocking Liverpool right off their fucking perch. And you can print that.
Alex Fergusonborn 1941Said to The Guardian (September 2002)
- Sports
There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter IVIn context
The Force is within you. Force yourself.
Harrison Fordborn 1942Barbara Walters interview (March 1997)
- Comedy