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- Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
- Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC), from Plutarch, Lives
- If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), Observer, Jan. 15, 1950
- I cannot expect to perform the task with equal ability and success.
- Martin Van Buren (1782 - 1862), taking over from Andrew Jackson in 1837
- A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
- Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898)
- The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
- If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.
- Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
- As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
- Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
- The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.
- Ed Parker
- No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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