Success Quotes

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

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"Ambition is a shadow chased by the ambitious."
Herman Melville
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"In the pursuit of success, many lose sight of what they were pursuing it for."
Herman Melville
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"There is always this lapse of several years or more before the world knows of a great man."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"All noble things are difficult as they are rare."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Success is the establishment and improvement of oneself."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The pursuit of success destroys the pursuit of meaning."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Success and happiness are rarely found in the same person."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Success is the ability to do what you want to do."
Romain Rolland
"Success requires dedication and passion."
Romain Rolland
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"To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness."
Anatole France
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"I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply gathered dust in the face of true talent."
Anatole France
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"Success is the child of audacity; that much is certain."
Anatole France
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"Success that comes without integrity is indistinguishable from failure."
François Mauriac
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"Success teaches us less than failure ever could."
François Mauriac
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"A certain kind of success is a form of failure"
Henry James
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"The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life or of the work"
Henry James
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"Success is a journey of a thousand small choices, not a single leap"
Henry James
"Success is not the destination, it is the journey."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies beyond."
Marcel Proust
"People cannot stand the mediocre; they expect you to be either very good or very bad."
André Gide
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."
André Gide
"Mediocrity is often the refuge of the talented."
André Gide
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"The most ordinary men can accomplish extraordinary things if they are inspired."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The highest achievement is to live in accordance with one's deepest convictions."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Success is not the destination, but the journey."
Romain Rolland
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"Success is not measured by wealth, but by the lives we touch."
François Mauriac
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"I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating."
Anatole France
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"The most dangerous moment comes right after the victory."
Anatole France
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"To succeed, one must be cunning, ruthless, and above all, lucky."
Anatole France
"Success is the slow erosion of values for the sake of advancement."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline