Success Quotes

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

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"I have seen that the greatest victories often come at the highest cost."
Paul von Hindenburg
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"A man's legacy is measured not by his words but by his deeds."
Paul von Hindenburg
"Fortune favors the audacious."
Erwin Rommel
"Success is the expression of victory over obstacles."
Erwin Rommel
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"Success without integrity is a hollow victory that echoes with emptiness."
John French
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"Luck is where preparation and opportunity meet."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Swift and sure."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"A bad plan executed well is better than a good plan executed badly."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Success comes to those who are prepared."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"Success is measured by impact, not wealth."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"Merit is the only rule of preferment; and the man who best understands his business, whoever he is, has the best claim to eminence."
Napoléon III
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"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
Napoléon III
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"The truest victory is when your former enemy becomes your ally."
Edmund Allenby
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"A man may conquer cities and lose himself—the truest victory is internal."
Edmund Allenby
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"Fortune favors the prepared mind, not the hopeful one."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"In strategy, as in life, the path of maximum difficulty often leads to maximum reward."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"Success is a matter of luck. Ask any failure."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken now."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"Success in war depends upon the mutual confidence between commander and commanded."
Douglas Haig
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"The greatest victories come not from the largest armies, but from the best organized."
Douglas Haig
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"The true measure of a general is how many of his soldiers return home."
Douglas Haig
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"In every failure lies the seed of future success, if one has eyes to see it."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done."
Robert E. Lee
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"A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world."
Robert E. Lee
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"The path to honor is paved with sacrifice."
Robert E. Lee
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"A man's fortune is often made by his misfortunes."
Napoléon III
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"The secret to success is knowing what you want and being willing to work for it."
Napoléon III
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"The true measure of success is not wealth, but the respect of one's peers."
Napoléon III
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"I would rather have a plain man who knows his business than a showy man who doesn't."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"The measure of success is not in conquest, but in preservation."
William Tecumseh Sherman