Quotes about Success
There can be glory in failure and despair in success.
— Abraham Lincoln
Without the assistance of that divine being, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him, who can go with me, remain with you and be everywhere for good let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.
— Abraham Lincoln
We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.
— Abraham Lincoln
The only difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is the way we address the rocks cast into our path.
— Abraham Lincoln
Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes.
— Aesop
Getting to the top has an unfortunate tendency to persuade people that the system is OK after all.
— Alain de Botton
Only as we mature does affection begin to depend on achievement.
— Alain de Botton
Most victories are, in the best way, acts of revenge.
— Alain de Botton
We envy only those whom we feel ourselves to be like; we envy only members of our reference group. There are few successes more unendurable than those of our close friends.
— Alain de Botton
Every person we envy holds out a piece of the jigsaw about our possible later achievements.
— Alain de Botton
God does not look for success as the world understands it. He looks for faithfulness. "Who is that faithful servant?" Success is accomplishing faithfully the task allotted to you by the Lord.
— Derek Prince
A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.
— Dick Vitale