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Sunday, September 29th, 2024
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Quotations regarding 'Success'

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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
Nikola Tesla, American Inventor (1856-1943)
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist (1811-1863)
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Margaret Thatcher, English Leader (1925-  )
My priority is to turn people - especially kids - on to sports and being active so they don't even have to think about it being good for their health. If people participate for the fun of it, and believe me - it is fun, then fitness programs will be much more successful.
Alan Thicke, Canadian Actor (1947-  )
Success is not in never failing, but rising everytime you fall!
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American Actor (1981-  )
As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.
Marlo Thomas, American Actress (1937-  )
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Danny Thomas, American Actor (1914-1991)
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Danny Thomas, American Actor (1914-1991)
Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
Bennie Thompson, American Politician (1948-  )
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Henry David Thoreau, American Author (1817-1862)
It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal.
Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist (1874-1949)
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
Thucydides, Greek Historian
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
James Thurber, American Comedian (1894-1961)
The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.
James Thurber, American Comedian (1894-1961)
Well, the economic recovery was successful even though the Democrats opposed the reforms every step of the way. And it is clear the Democrats have no clear plan to strengthen our economy, as Republicans do.
Todd Tiahrt, American Politician (1951-  )
If you meet people who have been successful in Hollywood, or look a their photographs, you see a haunted look in their eyes, you sense a trapped feeling.
Meg Tilly, American Actress (1960-  )
 
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