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Tag Tag Success
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

Quotes

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”

Bill Gates · The Road Ahead, 1995 · Primary source

“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”

Steve Jobs · Smithsonian Oral and Video Histories: Steve Jobs, 1995 · Primary source

“Every thing impossible, until we see a success.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Experience, 1844 · Primary source

“Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

“All successful men have agreed in one thing—they were causationists.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Power, 1860 · Primary source

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Winston Churchill · No reliable source

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Diligence 14 Effort 16 Preparation 12 Opportunity 14 Complacency 8 Overconfidence 3 Risk awareness 3 Self-assessment 3 Courage 23 Perseverance 26 Failure 11 Resilience 28 Entrepreneurship 4 Persistence 18 Possibility 6 Evidence 18 Precedent 1 Belief 2 Cause and effect 2 Agency 9 Practical judgement 6 Determinism 1 Tenacity 3 Purpose 30