Well done is better than well said.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues.

Give your dreams all you‘ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

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

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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It is not the critic who counts…The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

The best revenge is the massive success.

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

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

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.

If you think you can’t, you’re right.

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second.

Nelson Mandela said: ‘It always seems impossible until it’s done.’ Peace is possible.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.