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“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.”

“In terms of success and drive, I think some people are born with it, sometimes certain circumstances push you towards success... trying to prove people wrong. I'm not exactly sure where mine comes from, but, I have this thing inside of me that, when someone tells me that I can't do something, I become obsessed with proving them wrong. It's a weird thing.”

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”

“Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”

“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

“Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.”

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

“Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-term planning and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives.”

“You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

“‎The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

“If you're going through hell, keep going.”

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.”

“If you genuinely want something, don't wait for it -- teach yourself to be impatient.”

“If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!”

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon't wish it were easier, wish you were better.”

“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.”

“Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.”

“If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and obstacles, we can create a brilliant history of triumph that will shine forever. That is what makes life so exciting and enjoyable. In any field of endeavour, those who overcome hardships and grow as human beings are advancing towards success and victory in life.”

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.”

“The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success and failure.”

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”

“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.”