I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.
—Florence Nightingale
Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing.
—Bonnie Friedman
The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.
—C. S. Lewis
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
—Albert Einstein
I think that when enough time has passed, when you've survived that which you didn't imagine you could, there's a dignity in that. Something you can own. A pride in knowing the pain made you stronger. The pain made you fight to succeed. Someday, when I'm living my dreams, I'm going to think of all the things that broke my heart and I'm going to be thankful for them.
—Mia Sheridan in Kyland
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
—Henry David Thoreau
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
—Robert Louis Stevenson
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
—Robert Louis Stevenson
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
—Quentin Crisp
Success—keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.
—Walter Scott
The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.
—Bette Midler
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.
—Dr. David M. Burns
If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
—Joseph Addison
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us.
—Charles Caleb Colton
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
—Abraham Lincoln