A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.

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.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

Success doesn't motivate me as much as integrity does. Everyone loses. I enjoy the pressure of showing up every single day, being focused, putting forth my best effort, getting the best out of my teammates, and enjoying the journey.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about.

If you create incredible value and information for others that can change their lives - and you always stay focused on that service - the financial success will follow.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success. Charity is not a socialist concept - it is a religious one, an acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over property, a sovereignty the Left utterly rejects.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.

The best revenge is massive success.

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

I've always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it's also been about confidence and faith.

I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of our young people. Their welfare is the most telling measure of our nation's success - and their potential is the most promising element of its future. It is up to us - all of us - to safeguard that future.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

True leaders don't invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. Why? Because success without a successor is failure. So your legacy should not be in buildings, programs, or projects; your legacy must be in people.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success; I hope I have touched the lives of some wonderful people, all by being what I see as myself but some others people see as different.

Remember, it isn't the dreamers who have good lives - it's the doers. Remember also what I call the three Ps of success: passion, planning, and perseverance.

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these things can qualify or disqualify you from attaining myriad American dreams: love, fluency, citizenship, legitimacy, acceptance, success, freedom.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.