38 quotes found
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English writer
“The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.”
“The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.”
“The more you can dream, the more you can do.”
“In Britain and Europe, no event is less forgotten than World War I, or 'The Great War,' as it was called until 1939.”
“The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.”
“Act impeccably! Perform every act as if it were the only thing in the world that mattered.”
“Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.”
“Learn to use time, think of it as a friend, not an enemy. Don't waste it in going after things you don't want.”
“Learn to accept your mistakes. Don't be a perfectionist about everything.”
“Don't make waves, move smoothly without disturbing things.”
“• It's O.K. to be ambitious. • It's O.K. to look out for Number One. … • It's O.K. to be a winner. • And it's always O.K. to be rich. A word of caution: people will tell you that success can't buy ...”
“Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. You have to assume all the problems, difficulties and doubts of other people, and to reflect back your capacity for decision-making...”
“Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.”
“Remember: never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully — and imaginatively — for its hidden assets.”
“The first step to success is to accept the consequences of knowing that you're right, when that is the case. It is not so much a matter of being assertive, as of giving up the comfortable cocoon of...”
“In America, success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement that matters.”
“The American system demands success, and in order to succeed we must first believe that we can. Yet our society, with its intolerance of failure and poverty, traps millions of people in positions w...”
“If you don't believe in yourself, then who will believe in you?”
