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Success.

The pursuit of goals, achievement, and leaving a legacy.

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”

“If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?”

“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”

“To be prepared is half the victory.”

Miguel de Cervantes

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”

“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.”

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.”

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”

“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?.”

Marcus Aurelius

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

“Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.”

“All roads to achievement lead through the land of failure.”

John C. Maxwell

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”

“Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.”

“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”

“In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.”

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”

“A winner knows how much he still has to learn, even when he is considered an expert by others. A loser wants to be considered an expert by others before he has learned enough to know how little he knows.”

Sydney J. Harris

“Truly successful people have learned to do what does not come naturally. Real success lies in experiencing fear or aversion and acting in spite of it.”

“Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.”

“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.”

Marcus Aurelius

“Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things losers don't like to do.”

“I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience.”

“An intellectual man in complete solitude has excellent entertainment in his own thoughts and fancies, while no amount of diversity or social pleasure, theaters, excursions and amusements, can ward off boredom from a dullard.”

Arthur Schopenhauer

“We're what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”

“The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.”

“If you think you're going to win, it doesn't mean vou're going to win. If you think you're going to lose, you will lose.”

“Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.”

“The roaring thunder of the law and the fear of the terror of judgment are both used to bring us to Christ, but the final victory culminating in our salvation is won through God's loving-kindness.”

Charles Spurgeon

“Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.”

“Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”

“There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure.”

“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we at the same time give ourselves permission to excel.”

John C. Maxwell

“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.”

Thomas Jefferson

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.”

“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.”

Thomas Jefferson