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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon1769–1821
I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Thomas Edison1847–1931
- Work
To hell with circumstances. I create opportunities.
Bruce Lee1940–1973
- Motivation & Goals
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Abraham Lincoln1809–1865Letter to Isham Reavis (5 November 1855)
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt1884–1962
- Motivation & Goals
We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Mere Christianity (1952), Book I, Chapter 5, “We Have Cause to Be Uneasy”
Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790
Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin Powell1937–2021
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Napoleon1769–1821
- Motivation & Goals
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Colin Powell1937–2021The Powell Principles (2003)
The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali1942–2016
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordanborn 1963
- Failure
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Benjamin Disraeli1804–1881
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989), Author unknown; attributed to Henry David Thoreau, but not found in his works.
- Motivation & Goals