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βThe first and best victory is to conquer self.β
β Plato
βThe man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.β
β Hasidic Proverb
βPreparation protects success.β
β Anonymous
βThe energy of the mind is the essence of life.β
β Aristotle
βHe that riseth late must trot all day.β
β Benjamin Franklin
βThe best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life.β
β Euripides
βClarity protects success.β
βThe secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.β
β Benjamin Disraeli
βDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.β
β Seneca
βPatience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.β
βNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.β
β Lao Tzu
βCraft builds success.β
βWaste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.β
β Marcus Aurelius
βSelf-trust is the first secret of success.β
β Ralph Waldo Emerson
βTo see what is right and not do it is want of courage.β
β Confucius
βIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.β
βLost time is never found again.β
βWith the determination of a firm resolve, one can move even Mount Tai.β
β Sima Qian
βPatience is the companion of wisdom, and the foundation of all great enterprises.β
β Thomas Aquinas
βVictory belongs to the most persevering.β
β Napoleon Bonaparte
βEffort builds success.β
βAttention protects success.β
βI like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.β
β Thomas Jefferson
βHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.β
β Francis Bacon
βNothing is impossible to him who will try.β
β Alexander the Great
βSuccess has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.β
β Tacitus
βNo legacy is so rich as honesty.β
β William Shakespeare
βThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.β
βLife can mean nothing worth meaning, unless its prime aim is the doing of duty, the achievement of results worth achieving.β
β Theodore Roosevelt
βThe man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
β William Faulkner
βWhatever you are, be a good one.β
β Abraham Lincoln
βBalance protects success.β
βThe surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.β
β Richard Brinsley Sheridan
βHe who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.β
β Leonardo da Vinci
βThe best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.β
βNecessity is the mother of invention.β
βThe greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.β
β Cicero
βKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.β
β Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
βWhen you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive β to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.β
βDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.β
βEnergy and persistence conquer all things.β
βDo not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.β
βPersistence builds success.β
βDiscipline builds success.β
βIt does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.β
βThe remedy is worse than the disease.β
βCourage is knowing what not to fear.β
βThe man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.β
β Andrew Carnegie
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.β
βThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.β
βSimplicity builds success.β
βThe journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.β
βLet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.β
β Sun Tzu
βPleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.β
βThe best way to predict your future is to create it.β
βAn investment in knowledge pays the best interest.β
βHe who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.β
βThe art of war is of vital importance to the State.β
βNo man can have patience who has not strong passions.β
β Michel de Montaigne
βPerseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.β
β George Washington
βThe wise man does at once what the fool does finally.β
β NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
βWell done is better than well said.β
βHonour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.β
β Book of Proverbs
βDiligence protects success.β
βWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.β
βI find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.β
βThe man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
βDo not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.β
β William Butler Yeats
βWhoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.β
β George Orwell
βRestraint protects success.β
βThe noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.β
βPreparation builds success.β
βYou cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.β
βA wise man will hear, and will increase learning.β
βAn ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.β
β Laozi
βHumility protects success.β
βPlough deep while sluggards sleep.β
βNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.β
βIt is quality rather than quantity that matters.β
βThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.β
βHe who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.β
βThe man who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.β
β B.C. Forbes
βWhat is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.β
βTemperance builds success.β
βThe life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.β
βAll that glitters is not gold.β
βAs is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.β
βKnowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.β
βThe only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.β
β Vidal Sassoon
βThe drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.β
β Hugh Latimer
βQuality is not an act, it is a habit.β
βAdversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.β
β Horace
βWhat we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.β
β Plutarch
βNo wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destined port.β
βA gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.β
βThe opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.β
βThe reward of a thing well done is having done it.β
βFar and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
βLength of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.β
βI hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.β
βThe problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.β
βFortune and love favor the brave.β
β Ovid
βThe plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.β
βBrevity is the soul of wit.β
βNo great thing is created suddenly.β
β Epictetus
βThe greatest victory is that which requires no battle.β
βA faithful man shall abound with blessings.β
βConsistency protects success.β
βCourage protects success.β
βTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived β this is to have succeeded.β
βOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.β
βThere is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.β
βCommit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.β
βIntegrity builds success.β
βHe who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star.β
βKnowledge itself is power.β
βSuccess consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.β
β Unknown
βHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold!β
βThe path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.β
βReal knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.β
βThere is only one success β to be able to spend your life in your own way.β
β Christopher Morley
βYou have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.β
βPride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.β
βSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.β
βHe who has begun has the work half done. Let him have begun.β
βIn the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.β
βPatience builds success.β
βNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.β
β George S. Patton
βWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.β
βDiligence is the mother of good luck.β
βNothing is worth more than this day.β
βGreat acts are made up of small deeds.β
βIt is best to keep one's own state intact; to crush the enemy's state is only second best.β
βTo know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.β
βComposure protects success.β
βThey can because they think they can.β
β Virgil
βHe becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.β
βBy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.β
βA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.β
βNo man was ever wise by chance.β
βNo man is free who is not master of himself.β
βBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.β
βRestraint builds success.β
βA good moral character is the first essential in a man.β
βWaste not fresh tears over old griefs.β
βResolve protects success.β
βHe who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.β
β Niccolo Machiavelli
βOne cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels.β
β Woodrow Wilson
βTrust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.β
βTreat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.β
βSteadiness builds success.β
βThe beginning is the most important part of the work.β
βHappy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.β
βHumility builds success.β
βThe first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.β
βPurpose builds success.β
βFar and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
βCarpe diem.β
βWhat is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.β
βReading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.β
βA room without books is like a body without a soul.β
βA leader leads by example, not by force.β
βThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.β
β Socrates
βThe world belongs to the energetic.β
βRule your mind or it will rule you.β
βMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.β
βThere is nothing impossible to him who will try.β
βWhen the student is ready, the teacher will appear.β
βKnowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.β
βHe who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.β
β Friedrich Nietzsche
βIn war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak.β
βThe thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness.β
βA wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.β
β Latin Proverb
βDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.β
βFortune favors the prepared mind.β
β Louis Pasteur
βRemember that time is money.β
βA penny saved is two pence clear.β
βIf words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.β
βThe men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.β
βAlong with success comes a reputation for wisdom.β
βA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.β
βPersistence protects success.β
βCharacter is much easier kept than recovered.β
β Thomas Paine
βEffort protects success.β
βWhat we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.β
βKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.β
βHe that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.β
βThe superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.β
βTake rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.β
βFor the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.β
βHe who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.β
βA man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.β
β Bob Dylan
βCharacter protects success.β
βThe heart of man deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.β
βThe secret of success is constancy to purpose.β
βSteadiness protects success.β
βWhen we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.β
βThe soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.β
βLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.β
βSurplus wealth should be considered as a sacred trust, to be administered during the lives of its owners, by them as trustees, for the good of the community.β
βIn all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.β
βGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.β
βA house divided against itself cannot stand.β
βHe that handleth a matter wisely shall find good.β
βForesight builds success.β
βWhen we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.β
βWithout continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.β
βThe harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.β
βDo not consider painful what is good for you.β
βThe will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential β these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.β
βAs a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.β
βWisdom protects success.β
βNothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.β
β Booker T. Washington
βTry not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.β
βWisdom builds success.β
βEvery post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.β
βSuccess is dependent on effort.β
β Sophocles
βHe who has a why to live can bear almost any how.β
βConsistency sustains reputation.β
βA man is what he thinks about all day long.β
βAct well your part; there all the honor lies.β
β Alexander Pope
βThose who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise.β
βA little learning is a dangerous thing.β
βClarity reveals judgment.β
βA merry heart doeth good like a medicine.β
βHe who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much.β
β James Allen
βAssociate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.β
βHe that walketh with wise men shall be wise.β
βIf we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.β
βAll warfare is based on deception.β
βFocus protects success.β
βEffort multiplies momentum.β
βIndustry need not wish.β
βSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.β
βKeep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.β
βTemperance protects success.β
βDiscipline protects success.β
βThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.β
βWhoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past.β
βI quote others only in order the better to express myself.β
βThe welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.β
βAn ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.β
β Elbert Hubbard
βThe bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.β
βWell begun is half done.β
βBalance builds success.β
βTo command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.β
β Andre Malraux
βNothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.β
βPatience is the key to joy; haste is the key to sorrow.β
β Rumi
βIt is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.β
βHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.β
βMen in general judge more from appearances than from reality.β
βThe supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.β
βWithout ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing.β
βFocus builds success.β
βConsistency builds success.β
βUp, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.β
βAttention builds success.β
βHe who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.β
βHe that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.β
βWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality.β
βDwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.β
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience.β
βVictorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.β
βHe is richest who is content with the least.β
