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Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve. ↗

— Johann Sebastian Bach

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...it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told by Eric) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

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A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do. ↗

— Bob Dylan

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Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves. ↗

— Milan Kundera

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Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

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Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points. ↗

— Knute Rockne

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