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The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.—James Yorke, mathematician
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We have a ‘strategic’ plan. It’s called doing things.—Herb Kelleher, founder, Southwest Airlines
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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. – Michael Faraday
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We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. – Alexis de Tocqueville
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There is no such thing as a self-made man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the makeup of our character and our thoughts, as well as our success. – George
Matthew Adams
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Success is the culmination of failures, mistakes, false starts, confusion, and the determination to keep going anyway. – Nick Gleason, Founder and CEO, CitySoft
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The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse. – John Mason
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It isn’t easy to be frank with yourself. But, if you wish to find your particular success in life, it is the most rewarding reaction of them all. – Brownie Wise
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Life is a series of near misses. But a lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. – Howard Schultz
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Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do. – Jonas Salk
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Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison
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The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year. – John Foster Dulles
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. – Mary Kay Ash
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Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. – Maya Angelou
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I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. – Bill Cosby
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Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are asking, What’s in it for me? – Brian Tracy
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Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. – Benjamin Franklin
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There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. – Christopher Morley
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The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli
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Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso