Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, ‘She doesn’t have what it takes.’ They will say, ‘Women don’t have what it takes.’
Clare Boothe Luce
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
Mark Twain
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
I don’t believe that old cliché that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can’t sit still.
Ashton Kutcher
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.
Muhammad Ali (via quote-book)

Source: quote-book

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
Ray Kroc
Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it.
George Clooney, Up in the Air
The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare.
Roger Allam, Speed Racer
Let’s be honest. Sometimes there is nothing harder in life than being happy for somebody else. Like lottery winners. Or extremely successful people who are 27.
Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City
He got the better of himself, and that’s the best kind of victory one can wish for.
Miguel de Cervantes