You can make a lot of money. You can rule kingdoms or run huge businesses or control vast terrain. But if you’re just doing it for yourself, you’re not really a success.
Working hard is very important. You’re not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Whoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.[Come conviene variare co’ tempi volendo sempre avere buona fortuna.]
Whenever you have a goal, whether you want to be a doctor or a singer, people will find a way to bring you down. I always tell people that if you have something you’re really passionate about, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it.
When people ‘succeed’ they tend to party, when they ‘fail’ they tend to ponder…
When I want to get anywhere, I usually do.
Whatever you are made of, be the best of that.
What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
What is success? It is an inner, an indescribable force, resourcefulness, power of vision; a consciousness that I am, by my mere existence, exerting pressure on the movement of life about me.
What goes up must come down.
What do we look for in a lord? Strength, generosity, hardness, and success, and why should a man not be proud of those things?
