"Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."

"There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?"

"Envy was just the tax you paid on success."

"Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal."

"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."

"We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective."

"I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time."

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

"If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius."

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."