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- Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
- Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933)
- No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist.
- J. Paul Getty (1892 - 1976)
- Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
- Roger Babson
- The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
- Vidal Sassoon
- Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
- An Wang
- There is only one success-to be able to spend your life in your own way.
- Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)
- There is only one success- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
- Unknown
- People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when you explain your successes.
- Wilbur N. Nesbit
- Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.
- Unknown
- Nothing average ever stood as a monument to progress. When progress is looking for a partner it doesn't turn to those who believe they are only average. It turns instead to those who are forever searching and striving to become the best they possibly can. If we seek the average level we cannot hope to achieve a high level of success. Our only hope is to avoid being a failure.
- A. Lou Vickery
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