Top 25 Success Quotations

Consider what it takes to become an undeniable success with these sincere quotations that identify the fundamental factors necessary to triumph...

1. " Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing."
   -- Abraham Lincoln

2. "God gave us two ends. One to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use; head you win -- tails, you lose."
   -- Anonymous

3. "The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity."
   -- Ayn Rand

4. "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
   -- B. R. Hayden

5. "Success is a journey, not a destination."
   -- Ben Sweetland

6. "The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."
   -- Benjamin Disraeli

7. "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
   -- Bill Cosby

8. "The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore."
   -- Cyril Connolly

9. "All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
   -- Danny Thomas

10. "Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."
    -- Erma Bombeck

11. "Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire."
    -- Fred Shero

12. "Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time."
    -- George Bernard Shaw

13. "A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success."
    -- Joyce Brothers

14. "Failure is success if we learn from it."
    -- Malcolm S. Forbes

15. "The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself."
    -- Mark Caine

16. "True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful."
    -- Paul Sweeney

17. "Get up one time more than you're knocked down."
    -- Peter's Principle of Success

18. "Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit."
    -- Robert Schuller

19. "The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent."
    -- Smiley Blanton

20. "When your physical environment is in alignment with your aspiration, success becomes the norm."
    -- Susan St Lawrence

21. "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people."
    -- Theodore Roosevelt

22. "The way to succeed is to double your error rate."
    -- Thomas Watson

23. "Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price."
    -- Vince Lombardi

24. "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."
    -- Winston Churchill

25. "Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have."
    -- Zig Ziglar

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Poetry: An Exercise In Emotion And Vulnerability

[Henry David] Thoreau is a keen and delicate observer of nature - a genuine observer - which, I suspect, is almost as rare a character as even an original poet; and Nature, in return for his love, seems to adopt him as her especial child, and shows him secrets which few others are allowed to witness. Nathaniel Hawthorne (Journal entry, September 1, 1842)

Most of the greatest poets were not recognized for their work until they had long been laid to rest. Many suffered great difficulties in their personal lives, which may have led the poet to the wellspring from which they drew their words.

It has been suggested that poetry was used in our long distant past as a creative means of passing along traditions and history simply because the poetic language was easy to memorize and enjoyable to recite. The bards in medieval times were renowned for their use of poetry.

From free verse to rhyme and meter, poetry remains a benchmark in the world of literature. The pursuit of poetic markets remains a positive way to further an ancient form of storytelling that requires a special gift while the poets emotions are largely exposed.

Poetry is the one element of writing that impacts the emotions of writers more than any other. The vulnerable feel of poetry allows a writer to explore circumstances and emotions in a way that is difficult to do in most writing genres.

Most poets craft their words as a stress release and rarely share them with the world at large, however, there may be markets available for poetry.

It is true that publishers of poetry are about as plentiful as wheat fields in the Arctic, but there are other avenues for your poetry that can allow you to publish your material in unique and memorable ways.

Greeting card publishers are always interested in new succinct poems to share with card buyers. Poems can also be artfully placed on a line of gift merchandise including mugs and artwork suitable for framing.

In our modern era you would be hard-pressed to find someone who is able to make a living writing poetry. However poetry can provide a source of writing income and is often a creative outlet for those who also write in other genres.

It is true there are those who have little appreciation for poetry, yet the poets work has brought about significant societal debate and ultimate change in our world. Perhaps this is because the reader is invited to share the writers perspective in an emotional way that allows a perspective to be heard with something other than ears.

Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of FaithWriters (http://www.faithwriters.com) and many other web projects. FaithWriters has grown to become one of the largest online destinations for Christian writers. Please visit the website at: http://www.faithwriters.com.