„The path to success is to take massive, determined action.“

„The greatest revenge is massive success.“

—  Les Brown American politician 1945

„If one takes the path of success, then one ends up either successful or unsuccessful, there is no third alternative.“

—  Imre Kertész, book Kaddish for an Unborn Child

Kaddish for a Child Not Born (1990)

„Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.“

—  Robert T. Kiyosaki American finance author , investor 1947

„If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.“

—  John D. Rockefeller American business magnate and philanthropist 1839 - 1937

As quoted in Steps to the Top (1985) by Zig Ziglar, p. 16

„The economic success of the Reagan Administration was largely dependent upon the pyramiding of massive debt and the siphoning of capital from the rest of the world.“

—  Robert Gilpin Political scientist 1930 - 2018

Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Nine, transformation Of The Global Economy, p. 362

„Action is the foundational key to all success.“

—  Pablo Picasso Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer 1881 - 1973

„Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.“

—  Brandon Sanderson American fantasy writer 1975

Source: The Final Empire

„Action is the foundational key to all success.“

—  Anthony Robbins Author, actor, professional speaker 1960

As quoted in Stack the Logs! : Building a Success Framework to Reach Your Dreams (2003) by Frank F. Lunn, p. 45

„Successful role models in any path have travelled a distance in which you might go through it. Therefore use the best paths that are similar to those ones who were successful in it.“

—  Elia M. Ramollah founder and leader of the El Yasin Community 1973

The Great Master of Thought (Amen- Vol.3), Observing management

„When intent and action mate, the offspring is success.“

—  Steve Maraboli 1975

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 110

„Success… seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.“

—  Conrad Hilton American hotelier 1887 - 1979

„Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success.“

—  Steve Maraboli 1975

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 16
Context: While intent is the seed of manifestation, action is the water that nourishes the seed. Your actions must reflect your goals in order to achieve true success.

„You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.“

—  Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

„Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to be successful.“

—  Albert Schweitzer French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher 1875 - 1965

Ch. 9 : I Resolve to Become a Jungle Doctor http://books.google.com/books?id=qSihr5VGV4YC&q=%22Every+start+upon+an+untrodden+path+is+a+venture+which+only+in+unusual+circumstances+looks+sensible+and+likely+to+be+successful%22&pg=PA90#v=onepage
Out of My Life and Thought : An Autobiography (1933)

„Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a pure and lasting fame and the blessings of posterity.“

—  Edward Everett American politician, orator, statesman 1794 - 1865

Edward Everett, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 352.

„Political realism is aware of the moral significance of political action. It is also aware of the ineluctable tension between the moral command and the requirements of successful political action.“

—  Hans Morgenthau, book Politics Among Nations

Six Principles of Political Realism, § 4.
Politics Among Nations (1948)
Context: Political realism is aware of the moral significance of political action. It is also aware of the ineluctable tension between the moral command and the requirements of successful political action. And it is unwilling to gloss over and obliterate that tension and thus to obfuscate both the moral and the political issue by making it appear as though the stark facts of politics were morally more satisfying than they actually are, and the moral law less exacting than it actually is.

„Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.“

—  George Sheehan Irish footballer

„Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.“

—  Stephen R. Covey, book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 101

„I am not an action painter. Each painting is an act. The result of action and the fulfillment of action... No painting stops with itself, is complete of itself. It is a continuation of previous paintings and is renewed in successive ones..“

—  Clyfford Still American artist 1904 - 1980

Gallery Notes, Allbright-Knox Art Gallery, Vol. 24 summer 1961 pp. 9-14; as quoted in Abstract Expressionism Creators and Critics, edited by Clifford Ross, Abrams Publishers New York 1990, p. 197
1960s