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A Touch Of Genius Probably Helps

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Genius, Industriousness, Johnannes Sebastian Bach, Obligations, Philosophy, Quotes, Success on May 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.

— Johnannes Sebastian Bach

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What Counts

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Continuing, Courage, Failure, Fatal, Final, Philosophy, Quotes, Sir Winston Churchill, Success, What Counts on January 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts.

— Winston Churchill

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No Worries

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Goals, Oprah Winfrey, Philosophy, Quotes, Significance, Success, Work, Worry on December 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.

— Oprah Winfrey

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Trained To Expect

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Adversity, Animals, Behavior, Effort, Expectations, Gregory Lukianoff, Happiness, Health, Jonathan Haidt, Locus of Control, Pain, Philosophy, Psychologists, Quotes, Success, The Coddling of the American Mind, Training on August 31, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The concept of “locus of control” goes back to behaviorist days, when psychologists noted that animals (including people) could be trained to expect that they could get what they wanted through their own behavior (that is, some control over outcomes was “internal” to themselves). Conversely, animals could be trained to expect that nothing they did mattered (that is, all control of outcomes was “external” to themselves). A great deal of research shows that having an internal locus of control leads to greater health, happiness, effort expended, success in school, and success at work. An internal locus of control has even been found to make many kinds of adversity less painful.

— Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
From their book: “The Coddling of the American Mind“

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Sitting Near The Road

Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Anonymous, Construction, Education, Philosophy, Polly B. Berends, Quotes, Roads, Secrets, Success, Teaching on March 31, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The road to success is always under construction.

— Anonymous

Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.

— Polly B. Berends

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There’ll Be Lots To Criticize Over The Next Four Years

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Country, Criticism, Debate, Philosophy, Politics, President John F. Kennedy, Presidential Administration, Quotes, Republic, Success, Survival on December 8, 2024| 2 Comments »

Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.

― President John F. Kennedy

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Encourage Others To Become Active And To Vote In November

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politics, Effort, Election 2024, Ordinary Talent, Perseverance, Philosophy, Quotes, Robert Collier, Success, Thomas Fowell Buxton on September 6, 2024| 2 Comments »

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

— Robert Collier

With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.

— Thomas Fowell Buxton

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Cultivating The Potentially Existent

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Commitment, Dalai Lama, Fear, God, Inner Peace, Insecurity, Life, Obstacles, Philosophy, Quotes, R. Buckminster Fuller, Strength, Success, Wisdom on August 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

— Dalai Lama

I am going to commit myself completely to the wisdom of God and to [the] realization of the advantages for all humanity potentially existent in what life has already taught and may as yet teach me.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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Blame The World Routine

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45:TrumpTheFelon, American Politics, Eric Hoffer, Failure, Philosophy, Quotes, Resistance to Change, Self-Confidence, Success, The True Believer on July 25, 2024| 2 Comments »

It is understandable that those who fail should incline to blame the world for their failure. The remarkable thing is that the successful, too, however much they pride themselves on their foresight, fortitude, thrift and other “sterling qualities,” are at bottom convinced that their success is the result of a fortuitous combination of circumstances. The self-confidence of even the consistently successful is ever absolute. They are never sure that they know all the ingredients which go into the making of their success. The outside world seems to them a precariously balanced mechanism, and so long as it ticks in their favor they are afraid to tinker with it. Thus the resistance to change and the ardent desire for it spring from the same conviction, and the one can be a vehement as the other.

— Eric Hoffer
From: “The True Believer“

[#45:TrumpTheFelon – rich because he inherited it; failure because he is a life-long loser who can’t get out of his own incompetent way.

And then there’s streaky baseball players and managers (and lots of other sports, too)… But that’s a thought for another day / post. LoL — kmab]

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A World As Good As You Think It Is

Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Failure, Eric Hoffer, The True Believer, Tendencies on July 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »

There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves. Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us. Hence it is that people with a sense of fulfillment think it a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change. The tendency to look for all causes outside ourselves persists even when it is clear that our state of being is the product of personal qualities such as ability, character, appearance, health and so on.

— Eric Hoffer
From his book: “The True Believer“

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Accepting Challenges

Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Challenges, https://samiramohana.wordpress.com/, Mike Gafka, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Wordpress.com on June 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.

― Mike Gafka

This quote was found at one of the blogs I follow: https://samiramohana.wordpress.com/
The original post can be found at: https://samiramohana.wordpress.com/2023/07/17/daily-motivation-how-to-stay-inspired-with-quotes/
[The original site is still up on WordPress although it has not been updated since 2023… Please visit the original site if you have some time. — kmab]

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Finding Ultimate Success

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Compassion, Dali Lama, Happiness, Life, Love, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Tranquility on August 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life.

— Dalai Lama

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So Close To The Gift Of Wisdom

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Awareness, Benjamin Franklin, Contemplation, Doors, Failure, God, Our Contingent Reality, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison, Thomas Merton, Wisdom on April 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

— Thomas Alva Edison

Contemplation is a sudden gift of awareness, an awakening to the Real within all that is real. A vivid awareness of infinite Being at the roots of our own limited being. An awareness of our contingent reality as received, as a present from God, as a free gift of love.

— Thomas Merton

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

— Benjamin Franklin

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Or Failure (See: #45, For Example)

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #45 - The Loser, Confidence, Failure, Ignorance, Life, Mark Twain, Needs, Philosophy, Politics, Success on April 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

— Mark Twain

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Decrease Your Limits To Increase Your Rates

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Change, Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, Failure, Fear, Limits, Philosophy, Quotes, Success, Thomas J. Watson on January 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The most unfortunate thing that happens to a person who fears failure is that he limits himself by becoming afraid to try anything new.

― Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

― Thomas J. Watson

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