Rise Early, Work Late, Strike Oil

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The minute you start to talk about what you’re going to do if you lose, you have lost. – George P. Shultz

About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well. – Harry S. Truman

My formula for success? Rise early, work late, strike oil. – Jean Paul Getty

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it. – Michael Korda

Some men succeed by what they know; some by what they do; and a few by what they are. – Elbert Hubbard

There is only one success – to be able to spend your time in your own way. – Christopher Morley

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Burst the Cocoon and Become a Butterfly

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Man is not the sum of what he has but the totality of what he does not yet have, of what he might have. – Jean-Paul Sartre

There is at bottom only one problem in the world and this is its name. How does one get into the open? How does one burst the cocoon and become a butterfly? – Thomas Mann

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others. – Buddha

Every calling is great when greatly pursued. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm. – Charles Schwab

We work to become, not to acquire. – Elbert Hubbard

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way. – Christopher Morley

Darkly Comical Quotes

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Don’t bother about genius. Don’t worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is: “Don’t grumble. Plug on!” – Sir Frederick Treves

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. – Sir Philip Gibbs

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. – Longfellow

Psychologically I should say that a person becomes an adult at the point when he produces more than he consumes or earns more than he spends. This may be at the age of eighteen, twenty-five, or thirty-five. Some people remain unproductive and dependent children forever and therefore intellectually and emotionally immature. – Henry C. Link

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. – Balguy

Read every day something no one else is reading. Think every day something no one else is thinking. It is bad for the mind to be always a part of a unanimity. – Christopher Morley