Quotes about success, verified at the source
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Success begins with effort: the authors gathered here say it each in their own way, with a smile or in earnest. Every quote has been checked word for word in the original work, with its source.
To copy for a speech, a congratulations card, a new job or a graduation.
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Formal
Among human failings, I have seen none like the shortcomings of those capable of perfection.
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Funny
Inspiring
Small things loom large in small eyes, and great things seem small in great eyes.
If you venture in pursuit of glory, settle for nothing below the stars.
Never say “my origin, my lineage”: a man’s origin is what he has achieved.
Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice and need.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour.
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
Resolutions come in the measure of the resolute, and noble deeds in the measure of the noble.
Short
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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