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Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of
greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal
of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.

—Ross Perot, businessman and Reform Party presidential candidate Success comes from keeping
the ears open and the mouth closed.

—John D. Rockefeller, industrialist, cofounder of Standard Oil Co., and philanthropist

Always do what you say you are going to do. It is the glue and fiber that binds
successful relationships.

—Jeffry A. Timmons, professor of entrepreneurship

If you work hard, and become successful, it does not necessarily mean you are
successful because you worked hard, just as if you are tall with long hair it
doesn’t mean that you would be a midget if you were bald.

— Daniel Handler, author and journalist

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they
want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when
someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even
become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

—Tony Robbins, motivational speaker, personal finance instructor, and self-help author

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really:
Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success.
But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so