Money is power, money is force, money will do good as harm. In the hands of good men and women it could accomplish, and it has accomplished, good.
Russell ConwellRead
Many of us spend our lives searching for success when it is usually so close that we can reach out and touch it.
Interpretation
Success is often within reach, yet many overlook it in their search for more.
This quote by Russell Conwell highlights the idea that success is often not a distant goal, but rather something that is readily accessible if we recognize it. Instead of endlessly searching for an elusive idea of success, we should appreciate and seize the opportunities that are already available to us in our daily lives.
In practice
In a motivational speech encouraging people to pursue their dreams.
Money is power, money is force, money will do good as harm. In the hands of good men and women it could accomplish, and it has accomplished, good.
No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.
Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast purposes from the private ranks of life.
Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it.
Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.
You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success, but if youβre lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.
Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.
I was lucky - I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.
Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.
Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.
For 60 years, I was the most controversial figure in the country, and suddenly, I'm the most popular man in the land. Truth be told, I don't know when I was happier: then or now.
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