Success and Failure

After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.

Edwin Lefèvre, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, in Success and Failure

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli, in Success and Failure

It's kinda fun to do the impossible.

Walt Disney, in Success and Failure

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

Bernadette Devlin, in Success and Failure

Hard reality has a way of cramping your style.

Daniel Dennett, in Life and Death and Success and Failure

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Bette Davis, in Success and Failure

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

W. Edwards Deming, in Success and Failure and Wisdom and Ignorance

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Quentin Crisp, in Success and Failure

Man is able to do what he is unable to imagine. His head trails a wake through the galaxy of the absurd.

René Char, in Success and Failure

Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.

Joe Clark, in Success and Failure

Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.

Winston Churchill, in Success and Failure

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Winston Churchill, in Success and Failure

Everyone has his day and some days last longer than others.

Winston Churchill, in Success and Failure

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Winston Churchill, in Success and Failure

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Albert Camus, in Law and Politics and Success and Failure

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

Samuel Butler, in Success and Failure

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

Arthur Calwell, in Success and Failure

Don't fear change -- embrace it.

Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Success and Failure

If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.

Damien Cannon, in Success and Failure

No pressure, no diamonds.

Mary Case, in Success and Failure