The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.
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The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.
Success is the doing, not the getting - in the trying, not the triumph.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have.
That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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