Some quotes on success ....can you add more?

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These are the "Secret of Success" quotes from Chanakya who was an Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC. These are still applicable in today's modern world context. So i thought to share it here with you all.

  1. "A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are hooked first. "
  2. " Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venemous".
  3. "The biggest Guru-mantra is" Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you."
  4. "Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
  5. "As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
  6. "The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
  7. "Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
  8. "The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
  9. "God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple."
  10. "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
  11. "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
  12. "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."
  13. "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."
  14. "Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
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Here are some quotes for Success from round the world 

 

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

     - Albert Einstein

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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

     - Norman R. Augustine

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Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.

     - Henry Drummond

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They may forget what you said, but they will never forget  how you make them feel.

     - Carol Buchner

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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

     - Norman R. Augustine

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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

     - unknown

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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

     - Henry Ward Beecher

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A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.

     - Arthur Golden

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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

     - Samuel Johnson

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

     - Theodore Roosevelt

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Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.

     - Francis Bacon

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The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation...The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

     - Jacob Bronowski

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It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.

     - Vince Lombardi

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One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.

     - Marie Currie

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Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.

     - George Eliot

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

     - Thomas Edison

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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

     - John C. Maxwell

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The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

     - William James

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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.               

     - Henry Ford

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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.

     - Italian Proverb

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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

     - Abraham Lincoln

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What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?

     - Robert Schuller

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We never know how far reaching something we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.

     - B.J. Palmer

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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

     - Confucius

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What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside you.

     - Wayne Dyer

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Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.

     - Kenneth Blanchard

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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

      - Malcolm Forbes

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Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.

     - Cherie Carter-Scott

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Not every successful man is a good father.  But every good father is a successful man.

     - R. Duvall

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I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.

     - Mario Cuomo

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The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.  The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

     - Benjamin Mays

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Victory belongs to the most persevering.

     - Napoleon

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If you are to be, you must begin by assuming responsibility.  You alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for every one of your acts.

     - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity.  We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way.  We can never let up.

     - Ralph Bunche

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I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

     - Christopher Reeve

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Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

     - Anonymous

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The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing.  You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.

     - Geoffrey Gaberino

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Success is never final. Failure is never fatal.  Courage is what counts.

     -Sir Winston Churchill

courtesy by Amrish 

 

Keep Your Head and Heart in the Right Direction, you should have to never worry about Your Feet.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

-Confucius

 

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
-Winston Churchill

 

Always do more than is required of you
-
George Patton

 

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
-Michelangelo

 

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. 

-Abigail Adams 

Success comes in cans. Failure comes in can’ts.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
-Albert Einstein

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
-Abraham Lincoln

 

Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
-Joshua J. Marine

 

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

-Author Unknown

 

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

-Albert Einstein

 

Learn to think like a winner. Think positive and visualize your strengths.

-Vic Braden

 

The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.

God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try

"NOTHING SUCCEDS LIKE SUCCESS"

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

"Many of life's failures are people who did
not realize how close they were to
success when they gave up."

U may fail in your endeavour if you start. But u are doomed if you don't start

  success is what i feel when i achieve something
success is what i feel when i believe in god
success is what i feel when i have a good relationship
success is what i feel when i have a good job
success is what i feel when my life is complete

For success only you have to do is doing right thing at rigt time and at right place!

 

Originally posted by :Debashree Mishra
" For success only you have to do is doing right thing at rigt time and at right place!

 
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very true

Great

 ya-great- if we adopt above in our life


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