
“To the eye of failure success is an accident.”
Source: Epigrams, p. 373
“To the eye of failure success is an accident.”
Source: Epigrams, p. 373
“Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.”
Le succès, qui ne prouve pas toujours le mérite, tient souvent davantage au choix du sujet qu’à son exécution.
Editor's Preface. Trans. P.W.K. Stone (1961). http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Liaisons_dangereuses_-_Pr%C3%A9face_du_r%C3%A9dacteur
This preface was written by Choderlos de Laclos in the guise of an editor.
Les liaisons dangereuses (1782)
Source: Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 120
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.”
As quoted in The Pocket Philosopher/ Psychologist (2004) by Mark J. Merten, p. 87