The way to rise is to obey and please.
Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased.
That they can strengthen through the empowerment of others is essential wisdom often gathered by women.
You have to block everything out and be extremely focused and be relaxed and mellow too.
I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.
Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is.
I feel that one must deliberate then act, must scan every life choice with rational thinking but then base the decision on whether one's heart will be in it.
Since everything is in our heads, we better not lose them.
There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
People are subject to moods, to temptations and fears, lethargy and aberration and ignorance, and the staunchest qualities shift under the stresses and strains of daily life.
Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.
The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited, they make a success of their lives.
To burn always with this hard gemlike flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
What a man accomplishes in a day depends upon the way in which he approaches his tasks. When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. When we do our work with a dynamic conquering spirit, we get things done.
If you're not happy every morning when you get up, leave for work, or start to work at home, if you're not enthusiastic about doing that, you're not going to be successful.
If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.
Man is still responsible. ... His success lies not with the stars, but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline.
