The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
The problem is not that you cannot have what you think you want. The problem is that when you get what you think you want, it won't satisfy.
We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire.
With the catching ends the pleasures of the chase.
To have realized your dream makes you feel lost.
Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void.
We spend our time searching for security, and hate it when we get it.
You wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.
Now that I'm here, where am I?
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.
Is there anything in life so disenchanting as attainment?
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.
Success has ruined many a man.
Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Success has killed more men than bullets.
Achievement: The death of an endeavor, and the birth of disgust.
Success and failure are equally disastrous.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
