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“The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” Aesop

“Most successes are unhappy. That’s why they are successes – they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.” Agatha Christie

Success is something many strive for. However, the definitions of success are different for every individual and vary for each situation. Success for a 5-year old may be tying her shoe. Success for a teenager may be obtaining their driver’s license and obtain a physical sense of freedom. If you are having challenges getting started, [...]

“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.” Oscar Wilde

“Success is dependent on effort.” Sophocles

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” Pablo Picasso

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.” W. Somerset Maugham

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” Dale Carnegie

“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” George Burns

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby

“The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.” Ayn Rand

“Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.” Lily Tomlin

“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt