It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer

(Trahimur omnes laudis studio) We are all led by our eagerness for praise
Cicero, Marcus Tullius

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Cocteau, Jean

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.
Cukor, George

Everything exists by virtue of interdependence and has no permanence, no lasting substance
Deshimaru, Taisen

They can call me crazy if I fail,
all the chance that I need
is one in a million
and they can call me brilliant
if I succeed
DiFranco, Ani

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information
Disraeli, Benjamin

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year
Dulles, John Foster

A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail
Dulles, John Foster

Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value.
Einstein, Albert

It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service
Einstein, Albert

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

To laugh often and much: To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all
Erasmus

Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.
Ewing, Sam

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Feather, William Henry

Success makes us intolerant of failure, and failure makes us intolerant of success.
Feather, William Henry

It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed
Firestone, Harvey Samuel

There is no point at which you can say, Well, I am successful now. I might as well take a nap
Fisher, Carrie

Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key

The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
Forbes, Bertie Charles

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
Forbes, Bertie Charles

To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.
Ford, Henry