Saturday, March 04, 2006

Success

"A man will make many mistakes, but he is not considered a failure until he begins to blame someone else." - John Wooden

"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

"A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind." - Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986)

"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all." - Anna Quindlen (1953 - )

"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way." - Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)

"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were." - David Rockefeller

"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

"To freely bloom - that is my definition of success." - Gerry Spence, How to Argue and Win Every Time

"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'" - Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993)

"Underpromise; overdeliver." - Tom Peters, in The Chicago Tribune

"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out." – Stephen Covey

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." Henry David Thoreau

"What people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can." - Henry David Thoreau

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