Quotes about Success
Manchester United are a huge club on the global stage. I came here to win everything. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here.
— Alexis Sanchez
My goals are to run the London Marathon and do the best that I can.
— Mo Farah
The free society does not guarantee virtue any more than it guarantees happiness. But it allows for the pursuit of both, a pursuit rendered all the more meaningful and profound because success is not guaranteed: it has to be won through personal striving.
— Dinesh D'Souza
By contrast, Blanche K. Bruce was the real deal. Born into slavery in Virginia, Bruce was freed by his master and studied at Oberlin College before becoming a successful farmer and landowner. He is the only former slave to have served in the U.S. Senate.
— Dinesh D'Souza
Here is nearly every story you see or hear in a nutshell: A CHARACTER who wants something encounters a PROBLEM before they can get it. At the peak of their despair, a GUIDE steps into their lives, gives them a PLAN, and CALLS THEM TO ACTION. That action helps them avoid FAILURE and ends in a SUCCESS.
— Donald Miller
Author Toni Morrison swats aside other possible sources of her success and says that the ONLY reason she is a great writer is because when she walked into a room as a child her father's face lit up.
— Donald Miller
I worried this course was going to be a waste of time. I was wrong. I made more progress in six hours than I've made in ten years.
— Donald Miller
Your customer should be the hero of the story, not your brand. This is the secret every phenomenally successful business understands.
— Donald Miller
Once an ambition has been decided, a positive turn is an event that moves the protagonist closer to the ambition, and a negative turn moves the protagonist away from his ambition.
— Donald Miller
Life is a game of statistics. There are no guarantees, but the more positive effort you put in, the more likely you will be to win.
— Donald Miller
What problem do you solve for customers? What will your customer's life look like if they buy your product? What consequences does your product help customers avoid?
— Donald Miller
After you have listed the top five excuses, craft a sentence or two that overcomes each objection.
— Donald Miller