I received a pat on the back today after a successful presentation, which brought the project I've been working on since August this year just one step shy from final approval. I hope to get it tomorrow with one more presentation.
Musing on how things seem easier now to achieve compared to how it was in my younger years, I cannot help but ruminate that my success today didn't really come easy. I selected these ten quotes on success because each one of these speak a great truth in my career life.
Did success come easy for you or are you like me? See if you can identify with these quotes:
"Actually, I'm an overnight success. But it took twenty years." -Monty Hall
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"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." -Sir Winston Churchill
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"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." -General George S. Patton
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"Eighty percent of success is showing up." -Woody Allen
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"You will find the key to success under the alarm clock." -Benjamin Franklin
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"It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final." -Roger Babson
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"Real success finding your lifework in the work that you love." -David McCullough
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"Men are born to succeed, not fail." -Henry David Thoreau
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"Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it." -Henry David Thoreau
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"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life." -Dr. David M. Burns
