Great Throughts Treasury

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Charles Kendall Adams

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines greatness.

Excellence | Greatness | Success | Wisdom | Excellence |

Louise A. Vernon

Failure changes to success when one acquires self-knowledge.

Character | Failure | Knowledge | Self | Self-knowledge | Success |

Carl Victor de Bonstetten

To resist with success the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart; to keep these in parallel vigor, one must exercise, study, and love.

Age | Body | Heart | Love | Mind | Old age | Study | Success | Wisdom | Old |

Vera Mary Brittain

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any; method other than that of an energetic minority presenting the indifferent majority with a fait accompli, which was then accepted.

Important | Majority | Method | Reform | Success | Wisdom | Think |

Joyce Brothers

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Failure | Inevitable | Success | Wisdom | Failure | Learn |

Andrew Carnegie

Upon the sacredness of property civilization depends - the right of the laborer. There is very little success where there is little laughter.

Civilization | Laughter | Little | Property | Right | Success | Wisdom |

William R. Catton, Jr.

Viewed ecologically, the human saga is a tragic success story.

Story | Success | Wisdom |

Philarète Chasles, fully Victor Euphemien Philarète Chasles

The sure way to miss success is to miss the opportunity.

Opportunity | Success | Wisdom |

Mark Caine

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

Success | Wisdom |

Mark Caine

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

Man | People | Service | Success | Wisdom |

Andrew Carnegie

I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these days of fiercest competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still at the root of great business success the very much more important factor of quality. The effect of attention to quality, upon every man in the service, from the president of the concern down to the humblest laborer, cannot be overestimated.

Attention | Business | Competition | Good | Important | Man | Price | Service | Success | Wisdom | Work | Business |

Mark Caine

The success always has a number of projects planned, to which he looks forward. Any one of them could change the course of his life overnight.

Change | Life | Life | Looks | Success | Wisdom |

Andrew Carnegie

I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.

Success | Wisdom |

Walter Chrysler, fully Walter Percy Chrysler

The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see man get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.

Enthusiasm | Excitement | Man | Success | Wisdom |

Robert Collier

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.

Belief | Success | Wisdom |

Bill Copeland

You have removed most of the road blocks to success when you have learned the difference between motion and direction.

Success | Wisdom |

George Crabbe

In idle wishes fools supinely stay; be there a will and wisdom finds a way.

Will | Wisdom | Wishes |