Success Quotes

Success means different things to different people. These quotes redefine what it means to truly succeed.

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"Every successful theory was once considered impossible or absurd."
Paul Feyerabend
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"Success is not the end of questioning but the beginning of new questions."
Paul Feyerabend
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"It is impossible to get rich without making other people rich."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Success is the final test of correctness."
Ludwig von Mises
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"The driving force in the system we call capitalism is not greed, it is competition."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Without the pursuit of profit, there would be no innovation."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Success should be measured by contribution, not accumulation."
Noam Chomsky
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"The puzzle-solver in science is not seeking eternal truth, but temporary solutions."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to remedy them."
Alfred North Whitehead
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"The advance of civilization is not measured by the increase of consumption."
Alfred North Whitehead
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"Success measured only in external terms is hollow."
Alfred North Whitehead
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"Success is measured not by universal acclaim but by the courage to pursue your vision."
Paul Feyerabend
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"The entrepreneur is the man who sees an opportunity where others see only obstacles."
Ludwig von Mises
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"The most effective antidote to socialism is prosperity."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Competition is the best teacher of efficiency."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Success is not guaranteed but is always possible."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Success is achieved through consistent effort over time."
Ludwig von Mises
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"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."
Thomas Kuhn
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"The success of a paradigm cannot be determined simply by the degree to which it solves the problems it was asked to solve."
Thomas Kuhn
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"A new paradigm cannot prove itself, it can only show that it works better."
Thomas Kuhn
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"The success of Copernican astronomy was not its initial accuracy, but its promise."
Thomas Kuhn
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"Civilization is a success only if it promotes human flourishing."
Alfred North Whitehead
"Success is measured differently by those who measure differently."
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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"Excellence requires breaking free from mediocrity and convention."
Paul Feyerabend
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"In solving problems, we must think like a child, but act like an adult."
Karl Popper
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"The best predictions come from understanding the principles at work."
Karl Popper
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"Capital is not a tool of production in the hands of capitalists. Capital is the result of successful, saving and investing activity."
Ludwig von Mises
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"In the short run, the market is a voting machine. In the long run, it is a weighing machine."
Ludwig von Mises
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"Profit and loss are the means by which the free market enforces social responsibility."
Ludwig von Mises