Quotes on Success

I do think this next century, hopefully, will be about a more global view. Where you don't just think, 'Yes, my country is doing well,' but you think about the world at large.

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice.

Freedom... leads those who have more than they need to share with those who have less

He who is really kind, can never be unhappy

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such

My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.

In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life.

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

Success only means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly. I think life is a process. Through the ages, the end of heroes is the same as ordinary men. They all died and gradually faded away in the memory of man. But when we are still alive, we have to understand ourselves, discover ourselves and express ourselves. In this way, we can progress, but we may not be successful.

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

Is is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.

Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

I do not believe that every person, in every walk of life, can succeed in spite of any handicap. That would be perfection. But I do believe that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past: to discover the truth of today; and perhaps the greatness of tomorrow.

I detest the man who hides on thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another.

When the promise is clear, the price gets easy

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.