Henry Ward Beecher Quotes About Success
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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
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Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
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The beginnings of moral enterprises in this world are never to be measured by any apparent growth. ... At length comes the sudden ripeness and the full success, and he who is called in at the final moment deems this success his own. He is but the reaper and not the labourer. Other men sowed and tilled and he but enters into their labours.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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Not that which men do worthily, but that which they do successfully, is what history makes haste to record.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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Success surely comes with conscience in the long run, other things being equal. Capacity and fidelity are commercially profitable qualities.
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Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
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