Quotes about success
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We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
Alan Turing1912–1954Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950), p. 460.Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Mark Twain1835–1910Following the Equator (1897), Ch. 28.Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
Mark Twain1835–1910A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1889), Ch. 22Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War, Chapter V · Forces, Paragraph 1- Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War, Chapter IV · Disposition of the Army, Paragraph 4
In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.
- ?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
?UnattributedOften credited to Mark TwainSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill- ?UnattributedOften credited to Benjamin Franklin
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
?UnattributedOften credited to Henry David Thoreau- ?UnattributedOften credited to Albert Einstein
If investments are keeping you awake at night, sell down to the sleeping point.