Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.
Earl Nightingale: American motivational speaker and author

"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good."

-- Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host

"There is no such thing as a hopeless situation.
Every single circumstance of your life can change!"

— Rhonda Byrne: Author of The Secret

"I might have been born in a hovel, but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars."

-- Jacqueline Cochran, aviator 

 

“I didn't lose the gold. I won the silver.”

Michelle Kwan (born 1980);

figure skater, Olympic Medalist, United States public diplomacy ambassador

 

"If no changes were necessary for you to achieve financial independence, you'd already be there."

—John Cummuta: author and financial advisor

 “Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you.”

Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."

-- Norman Schwarzkopf, General

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."

— Zig Ziglar (1926-2012)

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

Mark Twain (1835-1910);

[Samuel Clemens] humorist, essayist, novelist




“Most people are like you and me, or the people across the street or around the world from you and me. Just like you and me, their hearts tell them that somewhere, somehow, they can make a positive difference in the world. ”

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