It’s not just about luck

You have to be in the right place at the right time, but when it comes, you better have something on the ball.

Croucho Marx

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It’s quite simple

Success has a simple formula: Do your best, and people may like it.

Sam Ewing

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Sounding familiar?

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

Edward Teller

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Different positions

The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist still sees the wound under the scar.

Ernst Schroder

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A tall stand

Nobody stands taller than those willing to stand corrected.

William Safire

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It’s in the detail

Excellence begins by doing something you have a natuarl talent for and enjoy. You become totally absorbed in the work. Attention and involvement in all the details lead to success.

James T. McCay

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It is your life

One of man’s biggest mistakes is to believe that he’s working for someone else.

Nashua Cavalier

You are always working for yourself. You may be an important employee to someone, but  for yourself you are everything. You are your life. You work for yourself!

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It’s about passion!

One person with passion is better than forty who are merely interested.

Thomas K. Conellan

Be friendly

Two things are bad for the heart. Running uphill and running down people.

Bernard Gimbel

Well I’m not sure about the running part, but the latter I think we all can agree on!

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