Friday, June 5, 2009

Quotes on Success


"Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success." John Hays Hammond


"The secret of success is the consistency to pursue." Harry E. Banks


"Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life." Benjamin Franklin


"An uninspiring person believes according to what he achieves. An aspiring person achieves according to what he believes." Sri Chinmoy


"The man or woman who treasures his friends is usually solid golf himself." Marjorie Holmes


"Most barriers to your success are man-made. And most often, you're the man who made them." Frank Tyger


"A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains." Dutch Proverb


"Success is counted sweetest by those who ne're succeed." Emily Dickenson


"The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application." Miguel De Cervantes


"Invest in yourself if you have confidence in yourself." William Feather


"Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it." William Feather


"A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of what is called tact, which has so much to do with acceptability and success in life." Charles Simmons


"On the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest people have it in an infinite degree, and among the less, the patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong." John Ruskin


"Some men see things as they are and ask, 'Why?' I dream things that never were and ask "Why not?' " Robert F. Kennedy


"Success is a journey, not a destination." H. Tom Collard

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