How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.
Elbert HubbardRead
When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Success often hinges on making just one additional effort when you're about to give up.
This quote emphasizes the idea that success and failure are often separated by a very thin line. In moments of deep discouragement, it's vital to recognize that with just a little more effort, one can turn potential defeat into victory, highlighting the importance of perseverance and determination in the face of challenges.
Themes
SuccessEffortPerseveranceDiscouragementVictory
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech to inspire employees during a tough project.
More from Elbert Hubbard
All quotes →The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.
Elbert HubbardRead
Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.
Elbert HubbardRead
He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.
Elbert HubbardRead
Our finest flowers are often weeds transplanted.
Elbert HubbardRead
Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society. Second, we declare it is heretical, infidelic and contrary to the Bible. Third, we say it is really a matter of no importance either one way or the other. Fourth, we aver that we have always upheld it and believed it.
Elbert HubbardRead
Similar quotes
You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.
Andrew CarnegieRead
For me, sitting still is harder than any kind of work.
Annie OakleyRead
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael JordanRead
If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.
Saint AugustineRead
You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.
Reid HoffmanRead
I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.
Denzel WashingtonRead