“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
“The only place where success comes before work is in a dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon (Hairstylist)
“Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations. The most glowing successes are but reflections of an inner fire.” – Kenneth Hildebrand (American clergyman)
“The door to the room of success swings on the hinges of opposition.” – Anonymous
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen (American actor, director, author)
“A diamond is a coal that stuck to the job.” – Anonymous
“If you want a place in the sun, you have to put up with a few blisters.” – Abigail van Buren (Advice columnist)
“It takes twenty years to make an overnight success.” – Eddie Cantor (American actor; 1892-1964)
“Fame can never make us lie down contentedly on a deathbed.” – Alexander Pope
“Successful businessmen share the ability to hire people smarter than they are.” – Dillard Munford
“Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.” – Christopher Lasch (American historian)
“The trick is to make sure you don’t die waiting for prosperity to come.” – Lee Iacocca (Former CEO of Chrysler Corporation)
“A man can fail many times but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” – Anonymous
“Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, who so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility?” – Soren Kierkegaard (Danish theologian; 1813-1855)
“Sic transit gloria mundi.” (So passes away the glory of this world.) – Anonymous
“The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.” – St. Augustine
“Fame is a bee
It has a song-
It has a sting-
Ah, too, it has a wing.” – Emily Dickinson
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” – Mark Twain
“There is always room at the top.” – Daniel Webster