Success

"In medio spatio mediocria firma locantur."

"Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south."

"Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un métier qui peu avance."

"He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit."

"Honesta quædam scelera successus facit."

"Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square."

"Such a nature, Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow Which he treads on at noon."

"Didst thou never hear That things ill-got had ever bad success?"

"To climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first."

"Ye gods, it doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world, And bear the palm alone."

"A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On."

"Have I caught my heav'nly jewel."

"Who shootes at the midday Sunne, though he be sure, he shall never hit the marke; yet as sure he is, he shall shoot higher than who ayms but at a bush."

"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."

"There may come a day Which crowns Desire with gift, and Art with truth, And Love with bliss, and Life with wiser youth!"

"Attain the unattainable."

"You might have painted that picture, I might have written that song; Not ours, but another's the triumph, 'Tis done and well done — so 'long!"

"People love you when you're successful, but if you're not, who really cares about you?"

"Every successful person always struggles"

"Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to the wise, the light."

"(He) set his heart upon the goal, Not on the prize."

"Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to that alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done."

"Others may sing the song, Others may right the wrong."

"There will people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame, but if you just focus on the work and you don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you're going you'll look around and you'll know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there, and that will be the greatest feeling in the world."

"The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along."

"I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!"

"The secret of success is constancy of purpose."

"If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door."

"But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."

"Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom."

"There is only one success … to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it."

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success."