“There are two kinds of success. One is the rare kind that comes to the person who has the power to do what no one else has the power to do. That is genius. But the average person who wins what we call success is not a genius. That person is a man or woman who has merely the ordinary qualities that they share with their fellows, but has developed those ordinary qualities to a more than ordinary degree.” MenKindPersonsTwoSuccessWinningQualityShareGeniusDegreesOrdinaryFellowsPerseveranceAverageAverage PersonPerserverance Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.” MenHelpingWinningEffortQualityHe ManNeighborAdmireManhoodStrifePromptsActual Life Book:Roosevelt's Writings: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt Source: Roosevelt's Writings: Selections from the Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
“When you win, you don't examine it very much, except to congratulate yourself. You easily, and wrongly, assume it has something to do with your rare qualities as a person. But winning only measures how hard you've worked and how physically talented you are; it doesn't particularly define you beyond those characteristics.” PersonsHardWinningQualityAssumingCharacteristicsDefine You Author:Lance Armstrong
“The simple fact is that code quality tends to improve as you move between platforms... non-obvious bugs on Windows become VERY obvious in the Linux port and vice versa, and thus get fixed. So even the Windows gamers will win in all of this.” FactsMovingWinningSimpleQualityWindowVicesObviousCodeFixedPlatformsBugsVice VersaPortGamerLinuxCode Quality Author:Ryan C. Gordon
“There is a form of eminence which does not depend on fate; it is an air which sets us apart and seems to prtend great things; it is the value which we unconsciously attach to ourselves; it is the quality which wins us deference of others; more than birth, position, or ability, it gives us ascendance.” LifeGivingDoeSeemsFormSuccessValuesWinningAbilityQualityFateAirPositionDependsBirthGreat ThingsSuccess In LifeEminenceDeference Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The fact that Slammin' Sammy couldn't win the Open made it all the more valuable for the players that did win. Gave it a special quality. I'd say a part of the sheen on that trophy comes from my sweat.” MadeFactsWinningQualityPlayerSpecialGolfValuableMade ItSweatTrophies Author:Sam Snead
“The most popular American fiction seems to be about successful people who win, and good crime fiction typically does not explore that world. But honestly, if all crime fiction was quality fiction, it would be taken more seriously.” PeopleIfsWorldDoeSeemsWould BeWinningFictionQualitySuccessfulTakenCrimeHonestlySuccessful PeopleCrime Fiction Author:George Pelecanos
“There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.” WantLifeMotivationalSuccessDesirePurposeWinningGoalQualityPositiveBurningAbundanceKey To SuccessInsperationalThink And Grow RichThink Rich Grow RichBurning DesireYour Purpose In LifeDesire To AchieveI Will WinDesire For SuccessDesire To WinClarity Of PurposeWants And Desires Book:Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition Source: Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition