success

"Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value."

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"Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught."

"The place where he was, in my mind, the most successful, and first successful, was in academia. He understood pride of smart people. He attacked them at their weakest, that they were in fact smarter t…"

"This Government believes that it would be economically advantageous for Scotland to be an independent country. Other parties disagree. But as we continue that debate, let us at least agree that this c…"

"The problem with winning at blackjack and sports betting is that sooner or later a big guy in a suit tells you to leave."

"A life of slothful ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual. If you are …"

"To the question what wine he found pleasant to drink, he replied, "That for which other people pay."

"The White Australia is yours. You may do with it what you please; but, at any rate, the soldiers have achieved the victory, and my colleague and I have brought that great principle back to you from th…"

"was of the opinion that he had found in this tax an excellent means of succeeding in converting them, besides thereby replenishing his treasuries greatly..."

"You get to define what success means to you, and find your own North Star."

"...that if you want to do something, achieve something, you can't be thinking all the time of what you don't have... I don't have an opening batsman, I don't have a fast bowler, I don't have an all-ro…"

"The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and ... each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement."

"It’s astonishing to me how many places in America, not way, way far away from cities, but in cities and near cities that don’t have access to broadband. And that disadvantages kids who are asked to do…"

"When winter came, as usual, Mahmud went towards India in order to gain religious merit. Someone said, "On the seashore there is a great city, Somnath by name. Hindus regard it with the same respect wh…"

"Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough."

"If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup."

"You can help me to keep my head cool," was the answer. "You stand for the world of common sense which will always win in the long run. When I'm inclined to run amok you'll remind me of England. You'll…"

"I don't support such actions or see this as the solution, but I can very well understand how suicide bombings became a very popular way of fighting - first, because it is quite successful; secondly, b…"

"Tyrants would distribute largess, a bushel of wheat, a gallon of wine, and a sesterce: and then everybody would shamelessly cry, “Long live the King!” The fools did not realize that they were merely r…"