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βThe best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life.β
β Euripides
βIt is best to keep one's own state intact; to crush the enemy's state is only second best.β
β Sun Tzu
βHope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.β
β Francis Bacon
βDo not consider painful what is good for you.β
βThe soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.β
β Book of Proverbs
βPreparation builds success.β
β Anonymous
βThe secret of success is constancy to purpose.β
β Benjamin Disraeli
βSuccess has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.β
β Tacitus
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
βA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.β
βKnowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.β
β Lao Tzu
βUp, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough.β
β Benjamin Franklin
βYou cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.β
β Abraham Lincoln
βNothing is impossible to him who will try.β
β Alexander the Great
βTo command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.β
β Andre Malraux
βThe plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.β
βI hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.β
β George Washington
βIntegrity protects success.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
β Confucius
βKeep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.β
βA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.β
β Laozi
βThe fruits of all our labors have left us as we started. To grow without is not to grow within.β
βHe that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.β
βHe who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much.β
β James Allen
βIf you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.β
βLearning never exhausts the mind.β
β Leonardo da Vinci
βFortune favors the bold.β
β Virgil
βWisdom protects success.β
βWhat we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.β
β Aristotle
βRule your mind or it will rule you.β
β Horace
βWithout ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing.β
β Ralph Waldo Emerson
βAll warfare is based on deception.β
βThe man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
βThe bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.β
β Seneca
βIt does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.β
βHow much better is it to get wisdom than gold!β
βPatience protects success.β
βDo not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.β
β William Butler Yeats
βOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.β
βHe who has a why to live can bear almost any how.β
β Friedrich Nietzsche
βLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.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
βNo legacy is so rich as honesty.β
β William Shakespeare
βDwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.β
β Marcus Aurelius
βEffort protects success.β
βWonder is the beginning of wisdom.β
β Socrates
βThere is nothing impossible to him who will try.β
βResolve protects success.β
βAll men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.β
βIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.β
βA faithful man shall abound with blessings.β
βDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.β
βThe secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.β
βThe people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.β
β George Bernard Shaw
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
βTo conquer oneself is the first and noblest of all victories.β
β Plato
βThe journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.β
βMastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.β
βThe life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.β
β Cicero
βSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.β
β Unknown
βThe welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.β
β Theodore Roosevelt
βTo err is human; to forgive, divine.β
β Alexander Pope
βThe remedy is worse than the disease.β
βThe thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness.β
βTake rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.β
β Ovid
βDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.β
βPatience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.β
βHe who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.β
βWatch the costs and the profits take care of themselves.β
β Andrew Carnegie
βSuccessful and fortunate crime is called virtue.β
βVictory belongs to the most persevering.β
β Napoleon Bonaparte
βIt is quality rather than quantity that matters.β
βNo great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time.β
β Epictetus
βDiscipline builds success.β
βHappy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.β
βNo man was ever wise by chance.β
βA good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.β
βWisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom.β
βTry not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.β
βClarity protects success.β
βDiligence is the mother of good luck.β
βThe world belongs to the energetic.β
βThe heart of man deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.β
βHe who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star.β
βWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.β
βReal knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.β
βThe unexamined life is not worth living.β
βA house divided against itself cannot stand.β
βAssociate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.β
βThe harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.β
βAttention protects success.β
βEvery post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.β
βSelf-trust is the first secret of success.β
βThe only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.β
β Vidal Sassoon
βHe is richest who is content with the least.β
βGreat acts are made up of small deeds.β
βBrevity is the soul of wit.β
βSteadiness protects success.β
βWhat is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.β
βNo wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destined port.β
βHe will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.β
βRestraint builds success.β
βLife can mean nothing worth meaning, unless its prime aim is the doing of duty, the achievement of results worth achieving.β
βNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.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
βAn ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.β
β Elbert Hubbard
βVictorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.β
βThe beginning is the most important part of the work.β
βThe opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.β
βIn all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.β
βThe superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.β
βThe fortunate man is he who is born with a fair nature, is well nurtured, and has suffered all that he could suffer.β
β Solon
βWhoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past.β
β Niccolo Machiavelli
βGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.β
βConsistency builds success.β
βA wise man will hear, and will increase learning.β
βEnergy and persistence conquer all things.β
βRemember that time is money.β
βA wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.β
β Latin Proverb
βWell done is better than well said.β
βKnowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.β
βAn ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.β
βMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.β
βThe men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.β
βThe path of duty lies in what is near, and man seeks for it in what is remote.β
β Mencius
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
βCharacter protects success.β
βIgnorance, the root and stem of all evil.β
βHumility protects success.β
βSome books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.β
βThere is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare.β
βWell begun is half done.β
βIt is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.β
βSuccess is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.β
β Albert Schweitzer
βAs a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.β
βLost time is never found again.β
βEffort multiplies momentum.β
βWhen the student is ready, the teacher will appear.β
βSuccess consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.β
βFortune favors the prepared mind.β
β Louis Pasteur
βThe hand of the diligent shall bear rule.β
βWith the determination of a firm resolve, one can move even Mount Tai.β
β Sima Qian
βWhoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.β
β George Orwell
βConsistency protects success.β
βWith the determination of a hundred rivers flowing to the ocean, one must pursue one's purpose unceasingly.β
β Thiruvalluvar
βFor the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.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
βAct well your part; there all the honor lies.β
βDetermine never to be idle.β
β Thomas Jefferson
βCraft protects success.β
βGratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.β
βLet your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.β
βNothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.β
βOne cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels.β
β Woodrow Wilson
βFirst say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.β
βThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.β
βWhen we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.β
βHe who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.β
βHe that has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.β
βThe best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.β
βPride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.β
βRestraint protects success.β
βThe best way to predict your future is to create it.β
βNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.β
βAll that glitters is not gold.β
βClarity reveals judgment.β
βThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.β
βA merry heart doeth good like a medicine.β
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.β
βHe who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.β
βNo man is free who is not master of himself.β
βIf you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.β
β Henry David Thoreau
βReading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.β
βMen in general judge more from appearances than from reality.β
βCraft builds success.β
βResolve builds success.β
βPatience is the companion of wisdom, and the foundation of all great enterprises.β
β Thomas Aquinas
βCommit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.β
βThe best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.β
βWhatever you are, be a good one.β
βThe wise man does at once what the fool does finally.β
β NiccolΓ² Machiavelli
βDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.β
βThe art of war is of vital importance to the State.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
βThe first and best victory is to conquer self.β
βBalance builds success.β
βA wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.β
βPerseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.β
βThe path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.β
βSilence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.β
βWithout continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.β
βHe who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.β
βPatience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.β
β John Quincy Adams
βA room without books is like a body without a soul.β
βIndustry need not wish.β
βTemperance protects success.β
βClarity builds success.β
βHe who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.β
βA gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.β
βNo one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.β
βConsistency sustains reputation.β
βLead me, follow me, or get out of my way.β
β George S. Patton
βIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.β
βSuccess is dependent on effort.β
β Sophocles
βIt is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.β
βThe greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.β
βConstant dripping hollows out a stone.β
βNothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.β
β Booker T. Washington
βThe drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.β
β Hugh Latimer
βI like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.β
βGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.β
βIntegrity builds success.β
βHe who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.β
βKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.β
β Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
βThe roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.β
βFortune and love favor the brave.β
βKnowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.β
βA leader leads by example, not by force.β
βSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.β
βNothing is worth more than this day.β
βSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.β
βA man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.β
β Michel de Montaigne
βThe reward of a thing well done is having done it.β
βCarpe diem.β
βTreat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.β
βTemperance builds success.β
βPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.β
βSteadiness builds success.β
βThe ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.β
βThe soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.β
βThe wise warrior avoids the battle.β
βCharacter is much easier kept than recovered.β
β Thomas Paine
βIf words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame.β
βHe that riseth late must trot all day.β
βThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.β
βHe that walketh with wise men shall be wise.β
βA good moral character is the first essential in a man.β
βNever tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.β
βPersistence protects success.β
βDiligence builds success.β
βConfine yourself to the present.β
βThe energy of the mind is the essence of life.β
βWaste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.β
βWhat we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.β
β Plutarch
βWhen we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.β
βNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.β
βWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.β
βThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.β
βKnowledge itself is power.β
βThe surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.β
β Richard Brinsley Sheridan
βAttention builds success.β
βWisdom builds success.β
βPreparation protects success.β
βThe supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.β
βHe that handleth a matter wisely shall find good.β
βQuality is not an act, it is a habit.β
βPatience is the key to joy; haste is the key to sorrow.β
β Rumi
βFar and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
βThey can because they think they can.β
βI have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.β
βFocus protects success.β
βCourage is knowing what not to fear.β
βTo subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.β
βIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.β
βFar and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.β
βNo man can have patience who has not strong passions.β
βNo great thing is created suddenly.β
βThe superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.β
βThere is only one success β to be able to spend your life in your own way.β
β Christopher Morley
βIn the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.β
βThe man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.β
β Hasidic Proverb
βHumility builds success.β
βLength of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.β
βHe who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.β
βTrust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.β
βI find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.β
βSeest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings.β
βPersistence builds success.β
βCourage sharpens endurance.β
βI am a slow walker, but I never walk back.β
βHe who has begun has the work half done. Let him have begun.β
βLife is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.β
βWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.β
βAs long as you live, keep learning how to live.β
βFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.β
βFocus guides results.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
βDiscipline protects success.β
βThe greatest victory is that which requires no battle.β
βBalance protects success.β
βForesight builds success.β
βTo know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.β
βI quote others only in order the better to express myself.β
βThere is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.β
βAn investment in knowledge pays the best interest.β
βPleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.β
βTo know, is to know that you know nothing.β
βThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience.β
βPlough deep while sluggards sleep.β
βA man is what he thinks about all day long.β
βFocus builds success.β
βComposure protects success.β
βPurpose protects success.β
βHe who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.β
βTimes are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.β
βNecessity is the mother of invention.β
βAccept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.β
βComposure builds success.β
βBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.β
βHonour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase.β
βThe man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.β
β William Faulkner
βWhat is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.β
βTo see what is right and not do it is want of courage.β
βDiligence protects success.β
βCourage builds success.β
βPatience builds success.β
βCharacter builds success.β
βThe first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.β
βAlong with success comes a reputation for wisdom.β
βWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality.β
βSimplicity builds success.β
βWaste not fresh tears over old griefs.β
βPurpose builds success.β
βThe man who dies thus rich dies disgraced.β
βWhoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.β
β Anne Frank
βA penny saved is two pence clear.β
βBy failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.β
βAdversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.β
βIn war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak.β
βOnly the educated are free.β
βRegard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys.β
βYou have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.β
βCourage protects success.β
βHe who is firm in will molds the world to himself.β
β Johann Gottlieb Fichte
βThe noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.β
βIf we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.β
βHe becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.β
βHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.β
βAs is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.β
βPatience protects character.β
βBegin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.β
βIf it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.β
βIt is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.β
βThe good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.β
βEffort builds success.β
βTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived β this is to have succeeded.β
βThose who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise.β
βA little learning is a dangerous thing.β
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