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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Truman Capote1924–1984From “Self-Portrait” (1972)
If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.
Henry Kissinger1923–2023
- Business
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London1876–1916The Bulletin, San Francisco (2 December 1916), part 2, p. 1, ten days after his deathOften credited to Ian Fleming
- Life & Death
- Motivation & Goals
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961)
- Motivation & Goals
Imagine what you desire. Will what you imagine. Create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950
- Motivation & Goals
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Zig Ziglar1926–2012
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London1876–1916
- Motivation & Goals
The path to greatness is along with others.
Baltasar Gracián1601–1658
If a man has talent and can’t use it, he’s failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.
Thomas Wolfe1900–1938
- Failure
Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.
Madonnaborn 1958
- Motivation & Goals
Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.
WWWalter D. WintleOften credited to Vince Lombardi
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
Henry Ford1863–1947My Life and Work (1922)
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be⁠—in baseball and in life.
Pete Rose1941–2024
- Baseball
- Motivation & Goals
I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
Margaret Mead1901–1978Margaret Mead: Some Personal Views (1979), p. 249
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.
THTom Hopkins
- Failure