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“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

“Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.”

Inspirational Littles Success Desire Strong Please Uplifting Little Things Really Great Great Success Strong Desire

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“The desire to maximize the number of winning trades (or minimize the number of losing trades) works against the trader. The success rate of trades is the least important performance statistic and may even be inversely related to performance.”

May Important Success Desire Winning Numbers Losing Performances Trade Rate Related Trading Key To Success Recipe For Success Traders Maximizing Minimizing

Author:William Eckhardt

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

May Art Success Desire Youth And Love Bliss Crowns Wiser Truth And Love

Book:The Picture of St. John

Source: The Picture of St. John

“Woe to those who get what they desire. Fulfillment leaves an empty space where your old self used to be, the self that pines and broods and reflects. You furnish a dream house in your imagination, but how startling and final when that dream house is your own address. What is left to you? Surrounded by what you wanted, you feel a sense of amputation. The feelings you were used to abiding with are useless. The conditions you established for your happiness are met. That youthful light-headed feeling whose sharp side is much like hunger is of no more use to you.”

“The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.”

Success Desire Succeed

Author:Stanisław I Leszczyński