“Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.”
Success means different things to different people, which is exactly the point. These quotes challenge conventional definitions and offer alternatives — because the version of success that actually makes you happy might not be the one on the magazine cover.
“One fails forward toward success.”
“Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.”
“So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.”
“Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.”
“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”
“American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success.”
“Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.”
“Success should always be just beyond your grasp.”
“The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them.”
“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.”
“The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?”
“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
“When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.”
“You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.”
“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.”
“It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that.”