“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”
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American motivational speaker 1921–1989Related quotes
“Setbacks in trying to realize the ideal do not prove that the ideal is at fault.”
Dag Hammarskjöld
(1905–1961) Swedish diplomat, economist, and author
As quoted by Rolf Edberg, Swedish Ambassador to Norway, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Hammarskjöld in Oslo, Norway (10 December 1961) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1961/hammarskjold-acceptance.html
“It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service.”
Albert Einstein
(1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
No known source; it appears to be a paraphrase of the last sentence of Einstein's "An Ideal of Service to Our Fellow Man". Earliest known attribution is in the Washingon Afro-American, AFRO Magazine Section, Sept 21, 1954, p. 2 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I8slAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6_QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4494,1273325
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“Goals are good for planning your progress and systems are good for actually making progress.”
James Clear
(1986) American author and speaker
Source: https://jamesclear.com/goals-systems
Ted Malloch
(1952) American businessman
Source: Doing Virtuous Business (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 66.
“If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.”
Carl Sagan
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994)
“Failure is success in progress”
Albert Einstein
(1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“Success as a result of industry is a peasant ideal.”
Wallace Stevens
(1879–1955) American poet
As quoted in "Ten Jack-Offs" in The Most Beautiful Woman in Town (1983) by Charles Bukowski
“My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.”
Bruno Schulz
(1892–1942) Polish novelist and painter