Quotes about success
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G. K. Chesterton1874–1936What’s Wrong With The World (1910)Market signals were clear: There’s no profit in preventing a future catastrophe.
Noam Chomskyborn 1928Chomsky: Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism, April 1, 2020
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. Quoted in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 23Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill1874–1965As quoted in Richard M. Langworth (ed.), Churchill by Himself (2008)
- Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons on becoming Prime Minister (13 May 1940)
Cicero107–43 BC“De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” Book V, Chapter 58Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.
Cicero107–43 BCPro Balbo, section 45
Arthur C. Clarke1917–2008The City and the Stars (1956), Ch. 23, p. 174
Roberto Clemente1934–1972Tris Speaker Award acceptance speech, Houston (29 January 1971), as quoted in The Sporting News (20 February 1971)America demands and deserves big things from us – and nothing big ever came from being small.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Paulo Coelhoborn 1947The Alchemist (1988), p. 22; a variant of this has become attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen” — but no occurrence of this a statement has been located prior to in The Gift …
Stephen Colbertborn 1964The Colbert Report (14 May 2008)
