#success

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#depend #failure #mind #neither #nor

Our assistance in Somalia has been remarkably effective and successful, and we have helped with very small resources - a large group of people and we can now do even more. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#been #effective #even #group #helped

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#anything #believe #busy #childhood #doing

If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's, then that must feel pretty good. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#attribute #better #effort #entirely #essence

So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad. ↗

— Brett Favre

#athlete #bad #deal #deals #depends

Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on. ↗

— Brett Favre

#back #because #call #came #easy

I may be a successful football player, but I feel like such a failure. ↗

— Brett Favre

#failure #feel #football #football player #i

The only time I think about life beyond F1 is when I contemplate becoming a dad. But there's no way that's going to happen while I'm still racing. To be successful in F1 you need to be very selfish in lots of ways and you're away from home for long periods. That's not the kind of father I want to be. ↗

— Jenson Button

#away #becoming #beyond #contemplate #dad

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. ↗

— Charles Buxton

#due #experience #less #shows #success

Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows. ↗

— Charles Buxton

#breeze #first #joyous #rustle #sails