The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous on the contrary it makes them for the most part humble tolerant and kind.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'

I couldn't wait for success so I went ahead without it.

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

Flaming enthusiasm backed up by horse sense and persistence is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

Success is simple. Do what's right the right way at the right time.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

If everyone is moving forward together then success takes care of itself.

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that it is not enough that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

Formula for success: rise early work hard strike oil.

Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value.