Success is sweet, but its secret is sweat.

The hardest thing about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

No one is a failure who can truly say, "I have done my best."

Nature gave men two ends; one to sit on and on to think with. Man's success or failure is dependent on the one he uses most.

Success is not measured by the heights one attains, but by the obstacles that were overcome in their attainment.

You won't find many rules for success that will work unless you do.

If people knew how hard I have had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem wonderful at all. -Michelangelo

Of all sad words of the tongue or pen, the saddest are, "It might have been."

Sadder than work left unfinished is work never begun.

For success, try aspiration, inspiration, and perspiration.

Making mistakes isn't stupid; disregarding them is.

The president of a highly rated company was asked the secret of his success. "It's really simple", he said, "I always apply the Rule of the three D's: Do it, Delegate it, or Ditch it".

Try not to be a person of success. But rather a person of value. - unknown

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can. - Henry Drummond

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you make them feel. - Carol Buchner

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. - Henry Ward Beecher

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. A. Golden

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. - George Eliot

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Edison

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. - John C. Maxwell

The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. - William James

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. - Henry Ford

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. - Italian Proverb

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? - Robert Schuller

We never know what we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow. - B.J. Palmer

What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside you. - Wayne Dyer

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. - Malcolm Forbes

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. - Cherie Carter-Scott

Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man. - R. Duvall

I talk(a lot), and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. - Mario Cuomo

The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. - Benjamin Mays

If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility.
You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is when the well is dry that we know the price of water. - Ben Franklin

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. - Ralph Bunche

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. - Anonymous

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts. -Sir Winston Churchill

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. -Vince Lambardi

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word -- excellence.
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. -Pearl S. Buck

What we have done for ourselves dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. -Albert Pike

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill

Success is how high you bounce with you hit bottom. - General George Patton

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. - Henry Ford

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. - Sam Ewig

The art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of our great men. - Captain J.A. Hatfield

Success will not lower its standard to us. We must raise our standard to success. Rev. Randall R. McBride Jr.

Rule your mind or it will rule you - Horace

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. - George Halas

Attach yourself to your passion, but not to your pain. Adversity is your best friend on the path to success. - unknown

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with bricks that others throw at him. - Sidney Greenberg

As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person. - Paul Shane Spear

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep. - Talleyrand

I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do. - Helen Keller

Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers - not their minds. - Unknown

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely. - Kim Lyons

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life.
- Sandra Carey

If you have the will to win, you have achieved half your success; if you don't, you have achieved half your failure. - David Ambrose

How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever. - David Norris

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. - Barbara Johnson

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened; vision cleared; ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies, for the hardest victory is
victory over self. - Aristotle

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our
windows today. - Dale Carnegie

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. - Harry S Truman

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in
others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The mind is like a parachute - it works only when it is open. - Unknown

Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work. - Henry Ford

The purpose of life is a life of purpose - Robert Byrne

Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required. - Sir Winston Churchill

Reputation is what people think you are. Character is who you really are. Take care of your character and your reputation will take care of itself. - (On an American plaque)

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. - Richard Bach

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. - John D. Rockefeller

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster. - Rosabeth Moss Cantor

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.
- Mother Teresa

A competitive world has two possibilities for you: you can lose or, if you want to win, you can change. - Lester C. Thurow

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? - Frank Scully

There are three ways to get something done: Do it yourself, employ someone or forbid your children to do it.
- Monta Crane

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. - Benjamin Disraeli

Sucess is getting up one more time than following down. - Unknown

Success has made failures out of many men. - Unknown

Success is a great defeat when its success in the World & takes you away from God. (the Holy Bible - Mark 8:36)

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. St. Paul