Thoughts—Success	
QUICK CHECK:
1. Kirkpatrick:  On what is man’s success 
 dependent?
2.	 Osler:		 What	is	the	first	step	towards	success?
3.	 Amos:		a)	 Who	are	entrepreneurs?		b)	 What	do		
they	almost	never	accept?	
4.	 Forbes:		When	are	you	a	winner?
5.	 a)	What	is	success?		b)	 What	is	happiness?
6.	 Chinese	Proverb:	 What	does	not	cook	rice?
7.	 Lasorda:	List	3	types	of	baseball	players.
8.	 Confucius:	Who	is	modest	in	speech	and	
	 exceeds	in	action?
9.	 Ford:	What	is	the	secret	of	success?
10.	 Keller:		 Why	do	we	not	see	the	open	door?
11.	 a)	Which	quote	did	you	like?		b)	 Why?
12.	 Write	three	or	four	sentences	explaining	what		
you	consider	success	to	be.	
There	are	three	types	of	baseball	players	—	those	
who	make	it	happen,	those	who	watch	it	happen,	
and	those	who	wonder	what	happened.
	 	 	 	 —Tommy	Lasorda
The	superior	person	is	modest	in	speech,	but	
exceeds	in	actions.	 	 —Confucius
Before	everything	else,	getting	ready	is	the	secret	of	
success.	 	 —Henry	Ford
When	one	door	closes,	another	opens.		But	we	often	
look	so	long	and	so	regretfully	upon	the	closed	door	
that	we	do	not	see	the	one	which	has	opened	for	us.	
	 	 	 	 —Helen	Keller
When	it	comes	to	betting	on	yourself	.	.	.	you're	a	
chicken-livered	coward	if	you	hesitate.
	 	 		—B.	C.	Forbes
Too	many	people	overvalue	what	they	are	not,	and	
undervalue	what	they	are.	 —Malcolm	Forbes
I'd	rather	be	a	failure	at	something	I	enjoy	than	a	
success	at	something	I	hate.				—George	Burns	
Nature	gave	men	two	ends	–	one	to	sit	on,	and	one	
to	think	with.		Ever	since	then,	man’s	success	or	
failure	has	been	dependent	on	the	one	he	used	most.		
	 	 	 —George	Kirkpatrick
The	very	first	step	towards	success	in	any	job	is	to	
become	interested	in	it.					—Sir	 William	Osler
Success	is	going	from	failure	to	failure	without	
losing	enthusiasm.	 	 —Winston	Churchill	
Striving	for	success	 without	 hard	work	 is	like		 trying	
to	harvest	where	you	haven’t	planted.			—David	Bly
Entrepreneurs	(those	who	start	businesses)	average	
3.8	business	failures	before	success.		 What	sets	the	
successful	ones	apart	is	their	amazing	persistence	
(keep	trying).		There	are	people	out	there	with	good	
ideas,	but	entrepreneurial	types	almost	never	accept	
defeat.	 	 	 	 —Lisa	 Amos
If	you’ve	had	a	good	time	playing	the	game,	you’re	
a	winner	even	if	you	lose.	 —Malcolm	Forbes
Success	is	getting	what	you	want;	happiness	is	
wanting	what	you	get.	
Do	what	you	can,	with	what	you	have,	where	you	
are.	 	 	 —Theodore	Roosevelt
Talk	does	not	cook	rice.		 —Chinese	Proverb
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