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successful mislead-us watches
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no watches so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right. Charles Caleb Colton
success pride winning
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
success achievement conceit
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.
success hate men
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
success kissing hands
To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.
success congratulations adversity
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
success achievement silence
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.
successful causes flourishing
The increasing importance of Sydney must in some measure be attributed to the flourishing condition of the colony itself, to the industry of its farmers, to the successful enterprise of its merchants, and to particular local causes. Charles Sturt
success eggs laziness
The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already. Charles Spurgeon
achievement done littles
Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.
achievement way ruins
Life has a way of overgrowing its achievements as well as its ruins. Edith Wharton
achievement proud ulster
As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud. David Trimble
achievement belief
Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves. Bear Grylls
achievement push
We always have to push for better achievement. Orlando Perez
achievement civilized culture effect express facility mediocrity possible speed spread view wealth
Wealth and speed are what the world admires, what each pursues. Railways, express mails, steamships and every possible facility for communications are the achievement in which the civilized world view and revels, only to languish in mediocrity by that very fact. Indeed, the effect of this diffusion is to spread the culture of the mediocre. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
achievement benefits greatest-achievement
The greatest achievements are those that benefit others. Denis Waitley
achievement focus attention
Focus all your attention and energy on the achievement of the objectives you are involved with right now.
achievement champion desire
Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear
conceited men common
These signs have marked me extraordinary, And all the courses of my life do show I am not in the roll of common men. William Shakespeare
conceited substance matter
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.
conceited body strongest
Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.
conceited happened ignore listen neither openly others powerful slight special truth
Sri Yukteswar showed no special consideration to those who happened to be powerful or accomplished; neither did he slight others for their poverty or illiteracy. He would listen respectfully to words of truth from a child, and openly ignore a conceited pundit. Paramahansa Yogananda
conceit except great rest riches
Of great riches there is no real use, except in the distribution; the rest is but conceit Francis Bacon
conceit holds misplaced south
The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory. Douglas Alexander
conceited thinking want
Why no. I’m too conceited. If you want to call it that. I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything. I’m an utter egotist. Ayn Rand
conceited men swear-to-god
So I swear to God, I took one year where I just said, This year, I'm just going to cop to it and say to people, 'Okay, where did we meet?' But it just got worse. People were more offended. Every now and then, someone will give me context, and I'll say, 'Thank you for helping me.' But I piss more people off. You get this thing, like, 'You're being egotistical. You're being conceited.' But it's a mystery to me, man. I can't grasp a face and yet I come from such a design/aesthetic point of view. I am going to get it tested. Brad Pitt
conceited two rome
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. Ben Jonson