#success

If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God. ↗

— Timothy Keller

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Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#materialism #money #success #wealth #money

The really essential factors of success in any undertaking are money and opportunity, and as a rule, the man who can make the first can make the second. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

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This just gets worse and worse," Rob Pierre sighed as he skimmed Leonard Boardman's synopsis of his latest gleanings from the Solarian League reporters covering the PRH. "How can one person—one person, Oscar!—do this much damage? She's like some damned elemental force of nature!" "Harrington?" Oscar Saint-Just quirked an eyebrow and snorted harshly at Pierre's nodded confirmation. "She's just happened to be in the right places—or the wrong ones, I suppose, from our perspective—for the last, oh, ten years or so. That's the official consensus from my analysts, at least. The other theory, which seems to have been gaining a broader following of late, is that she's in league with the Devil. ↗

— David Weber

#success #nature

To the extent that we believe we can skip steps, avoid the process, magically gain power through political connections or easy formulas, or depend on our natural talents, we move against this grain and reverse our natural powers. We become slaves to time – as it passes, we grow weaker, less capable, trapped in some dead end career. We become captive to the opinions and fears of others.” (9) “This intense connection and desires allows them to withstand the pain of the process – the self-doubts, the tedious hours of practice and study, the inevitable setbacks, the endless barbs from the envious. They develop a resiliency and confidence that others lack. ↗

— Robert Greene

#hardwork #success #nature

The sum of greatest is not asking 'What do I want to be' but rather 'Who do I want to be ↗

— Todd Stocker

#integrity #integrity-in-science #purpose #success #science

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. ↗

— Cecil B. DeMille

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Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#execution #going #guessing #hitter #just

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. ↗

— Bruce Barton

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People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

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