Quotes about success
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All our dreams can come true—if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney1901–1966How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life (2004)The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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. 534-535There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
The purpose of an organization is to enable common men to do uncommon things.
Peter Drucker1909–2005MANAGEMENT: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973), Part 2, p. 455There is only one valid definition of a business purpose: to create a customer.
Peter Drucker1909–2005The Practice of Management (1954), p. 37- Peter Drucker1909–2005The Practice of Management (1954), p. 41
Capitalism works not through coercion or conquest, but through the consent of the consumer.
Dinesh D'Souzaborn 1961America: Imagine the World Without Her (2014)We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Will Durant1885–1981Often credited to AristotleI have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
