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Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest steppingstones to success. No other element can do so much for a man if he is willing to study them and make capital out of them. Look backward. Can't you see where your failures have helped you?
Confucius, aka Kong Qiu, Zhongni, K'ung Fu-tzu or Kong Fuzi NULL
The ways of the true human being are three. I myself have met with success in none of them. For he that is really Good is never unhappy, he that is really wise is never perplexed, he that is really brave is never afraid.
Dale Carnegie, originally spelled Dale Carnegey
You never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.
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Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll’ philosophy.
Fear | People | Philosophy | Procrastination | Responsibility | Success | Will | Afraid |
One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.
Enthusiasm | Life | Life | Man | Success |
Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another man has it for thirty days, but it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life.
Enthusiasm | Life | Life | Man | Success |
All success consists in this: you are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.
Consciousness | Humanity | Success |
Genius is only the power of making continuous efforts. The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.... There is no failure except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
Failure | Genius | Power | Purpose | Purpose | Success | Weakness | Failure |
There is no failure except in no longer trying... The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
Most barriers to your success are man-made. And most often, you're the man who made them.
Henry Kissinger, fully Henry Alfred Kissinger
The spirit of policy and that of bureaucracy are diametrically opposed… The essence of bureaucracy is its quest for safety; its success is calculability. Profound policy thrives on perpetual creation, on a constant redefinition of goals. Good administration thrives on routine, the definition of relationships which can survive mediocrity. Policy involves an adjustment of risks; administration, an avoidance of deviation.
Administration | Deviation | Goals | Good | Mediocrity | Policy | Spirit | Success |
Henry Kissinger, fully Henry Alfred Kissinger
The political leaders with whom we are familiar generally aspire to be superstars rather than heroes. The distinction is crucial. Superstars strive for approbation; heroes walk alone. Superstars crave consensus; heroes define themselves by the judgment of a future they see it as their task to bring about. Superstars seek success in a technique for eliciting support; heroes pursue success as the outgrowth of inner values.
Distinction | Future | Judgment | Success |
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. If it comes out a thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.
Fame | Nothing | Success | Thought | Will | Talent | Thought |