Success Quotes
Success means different things to different people. These quotes redefine what it means to truly succeed.
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"The pressure to succeed prematurely often produces failure in its stead."Bruno Bettelheim
"Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue."Victor Frankl
"To acquire a sense of purpose and to maintain it throughout one's life is perhaps the greatest success."Victor Frankl
"The pursuit of success distracts us from the pursuit of meaning."Victor Frankl
"The drive for success often masks a deep fear of inadequacy."Karen Horney
"Abundance emerges from cooperation"Pierre Clastres
"Worth is measured by generosity, not wealth"Pierre Clastres
"Success should not be pursued; it should ensue as the consequence of working for a meaningful cause."Victor Frankl
"Self-actualization cannot be a goal by itself, for the more directly we aim at it, the more surely we will miss it."Victor Frankl
"True success is measured by whether you lived with meaning and purpose."Victor Frankl
"Progress is not universal; what advances one society may impoverish another."Louis Dumont
"Accumulation is the enemy of equality."Pierre Clastres
"Success measured in accumulation is a form of poverty."Pierre Clastres
"Success achieved at the cost of principles is merely failure in disguise."Pierre Clastres
"Every institution serves a purpose in the larger social structure"Bronislaw Malinowski
"Success in any endeavor requires understanding the culture within which it operates"Bronislaw Malinowski
"Liminality is not pathology but a necessary condition for growth and transformation."Victor Turner
"The creature that wins is the creature that manages the larger context"Gregory Bateson
"Success requires understanding context"Gregory Bateson
"Prestige is more precious than wealth in societies that understand what truly matters."Bronislaw Malinowski
"Success is measured not by individual achievement but by cultural contribution."Alfred Kroeber
"Progress is measured by increased understanding, not increased comfort."Alfred Kroeber
"The creature that wins is the one that manages to organize itself."Gregory Bateson
"Success is learning to swim with the current rather than against it."Gregory Bateson
"We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."Margaret Mead
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."Margaret Mead
"Success is the measure of will."Oswald Spengler
"Success requires sacrifice."Oswald Spengler
"Success is measured not by dominance but by contribution to the whole."Gregory Bateson
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."Arnold Toynbee