Success Quotes

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

25498 quotes

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"Victory without honor is merely conquest; conquest without honor is mere plunder."
Edmund Allenby
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"Success achieved through betrayal is a success that contains its own failure."
Edmund Allenby
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"I believe it is the nature of all men to be ambitious."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"The secret of success is to be ready when opportunity comes."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"In any great enterprise, success depends upon the details."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"The enemy of excellence is not failure but complacency dressed in the clothes of success."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"The wheel of fortune turns slowly, but it turns upon the axis of preparation."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"To achieve the extraordinary, one must first master the ordinary with absolute precision."
Alfred von Schlieffen
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"Nothing is more important than to ascertain the true value of a man's exertions."
Arthur Wellesley
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"I have always believed that success is not the result of mere chance or luck, but of hard work and determination."
Arthur Wellesley
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"The measure of success is not what you accomplish but what you overcome."
Arthur Wellesley
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"A victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"The greatest victories come from understanding your opponent better than yourself."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Preparation is the key to victory, but flexibility wins battles."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Good fortune favors the prepared mind."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Fortune favors not the bold alone, but the bold and prepared."
Helmuth von Moltke
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"Greatness is not inherited; it must be earned through perseverance."
Napoléon III
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"Success without honor is hollow."
Napoléon III
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"Success built on dishonor is failure disguised."
Robert E. Lee
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"The march to the sea will be one of the most important steps of the war."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"My life has been a continued success."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"I have learned that preparation is the key to victory."
William Tecumseh Sherman
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"The greatest adversity often produces the greatest success."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"Preparation, I have often said, is the secret of success."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"Success is simply a matter of proper planning and determined execution."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"No one is born great; greatness is achieved through effort."
Ulysses S. Grant
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"Victory is not a name strong enough for such deeds."
Horatio Nelson
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"Victory wears a thousand smiles."
Horatio Nelson
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"The greatest glory is to have done the greatest good."
Horatio Nelson
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"I have always believed that the surest way to success is through persistent effort and moral integrity."
Robert E. Lee