Success

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Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.
 Johann Goethe
 

Most people judge men only by their success or their good fortune.
 la Rochefoucald
 1678

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.
 NevilleChamberlain
 speech, 1938

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.
 Umberto Eco
 1988

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
 Laurence Peter
 The Peter Principle,

How to Win Friends and Influence People
 Dale Carnegie
 book title, 1936

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
 Charles F Kettering
 

They never fail who die in a great cause.
 George Gordon, Lord Byron
 

The successful people are the ones who can think up stuff for the rest of the world to keep busy at.
 Don Marquis
 

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
 Bill Cosby
 

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.
 Omar Bradley
 Military Review, 1950

The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.
 F E Smith
 1923

Veni, vidi, vici. ( I came, I saw, I conquered)
 Julius Caesar
 -60

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
 Salvador Dali
 

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
 Gore Vidal
 1973

See Also Failure Achievement

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