Quotes about Success
It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.
— Charles Colson
Money and goods are certainly the best of references.
— Charles Dickens
The carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and deserved to win it
— Charles Dickens
But, according to the success with which you put this and that together, you get a woman and a fish apart, or a Mermaid in combination. And Mr Inspector could turn out nothing better than a Mermaid, which no Judge and Jury would believe in.
— Charles Dickens
Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that "he profits most who serves best" and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying.
— Charles Spurgeon
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
— Henry David Thoreau
The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will always get ahead. Edwin Markham said, "At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky is a place of central calm." The cyclone derives its power from a calm center. So does a person.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.
— Graham Greene
Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.
— Graham Greene
Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 869
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.