#success

Some of you may be perfectly happy with mediocrity. Some of you will get nothing but heartbreak. Some of you will be heralded as geniuses and become huge. Of course, all of you think that one describes you...hence the delusion necessary to push on. ↗

— Marc Maron

#motivation #success #motivational

Who is willing to be satisfied with a job that expresses all his limitations? He will accept such work only as a 'means of livelihood' while he waits to discover his 'true vocation'. The world is full of unsuccessful businessmen who still secretly believe they were meant to be artists or writers or actors in the movies. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#limitations #success #vocation #movies

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#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 roughest roads often lead to the top. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#adversity #challenge #success #challenge

Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success. ↗

— Bobbe Sommer

#happiness #modesty #opinion #precondition #regard

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

#distinction #hand #having #men #most

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.

#achieve #because #determined #know #mediocre

Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

#how #success #success is #talent #use