Success

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.

Fortune favors the bold.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Grain by grain a loaf, stone by stone a palace.

Well done is better than well said.

I attribute my success to this — I never gave or took any excuse.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Know yourself and you will win all battles.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

Character is destiny.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Without tools there is no craft.

Practice makes the master.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

With confidence, you have won before you have started.

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

Nothing will work unless you do.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

The early riser grabs two fortunes.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.