My Life and Work (1922)
“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
As quoted in Sophia's Fire (2005) by Sango Mbella, p. 133.
“To go where no one else has ever gone before is the secret of heroism.”
Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity
From the poems written in English
“The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.”
Memoirs of Childhood and Youth (1924)
Variant: A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.
Context: The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. That is possible for him who never argues and strives with men and facts, but in all experience retires upon himself, and looks for the ultimate cause of things in himself.
"Problems We Face Together", Representative Steve Kagen, United States House of Representatives, 2007-07-21 http://kagen.house.gov/issues.shtml#edu,
Education
Source: Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947), p. 113
Comments about his ownership of Miss Universe on the Howard Stern Show https://soundcloud.com/user-735086019/101g1 (11 April 2005)
2000s
“This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.”
Speech after making into run off for mayor, April 23, 2006. http://cbs4boston.com/katrina/hurricanekatrina_story_112152722.html
2006
Source: The Money Game (1968), Chapter 8, Where The Money Is, p. 102
“Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.”
"Fro-Joy" (January 1940)
One Man's Meat (1942)
