#succeed

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. ↗

— Ramana Maharshi

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It is better to fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than to succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail. ↗

— Peter Marshall

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Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed. ↗

— Francis Maude

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In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together. ↗

— Angela Merkel

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When I'm asked how to succeed in show business, I always say I haven't the foggiest. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail. ↗

— David Merrick

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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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