#success

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. ↗

— Robert Collier

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The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

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Every success story has a parent who says, 'over my dead body.' Every success story has an old person who walks up to you and says, when you're acting the fool, 'you know I worry about you sometimes.' ↗

— Bill Cosby

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It's not a very secure industry. I've spoken to a couple of people recently who had a successful TV show and then found themselves absolutely skint and struggling to find a job. ↗

— Mackenzie Crook

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I am always successful in my work. ↗

— George Weah

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People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not. ↗

— Louis C. K.

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I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful. ↗

— Paula Danziger

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