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Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves.
Dale Carnegie1888–1955
As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.
Jimmy Carrborn 1972Will Hodgkinson (16 December 2004) “Comedy’s overgrown schoolboy”, The Irish Times.
- Failure
- Work
So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality. What we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect, so we never dare to ask the universe for it.
Jim Carreyborn 19622014 Maharishi University graduation ceremony
- Fear
- Motivation & Goals
Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.
Lewis Carroll1832–1898Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865), Chapter IIIIn context
- Comedy
“A slow sort of country!” said the Queen. “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
Lewis Carroll1832–1898Through the Looking-Glass (1871), Chapter IIIn context
- Motivation & Goals
What is important – what I consider success – is that we make a contribution to our world.
Ben Carsonborn 1951Think Big (1996), p. 261
We create our own destiny by the way we do things. We have to take advantage of opportunities and be responsible for our choices.
Ben Carsonborn 1951Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (1990), p. 63
- Motivation & Goals
- Responsibility
Talent alone won’t make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: ‘Are you ready?’
Johnny Carson1925–2005
My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.
Johnny Carson1925–2005
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
Rachel Carson1907–1964Silent Spring (1962)
- Motivation & Goals
Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.
Nicolas Chamfort1740–1794Maximes et Pensées, #158
- Love
- Motivation & Goals
My life has been a failure. I am clever and brave and strong. If I had lived a normal life I might have become another Schopenhauer or Dostoieffski.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904Uncle Vanya (1897), Act III, spoken by VoitskiIn context
- Failure
I’ve bought the estate where my grandfather and my father were slaves, where they weren’t even allowed into the kitchen.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904The Cherry Orchard (1904), Act Three, spoken by LopakhinIn context
- Family
We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.
Dick Cheney1941–2025
- America
- Business
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Often credited to Gautama Buddha
- Motivation & Goals