“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”—Abraham Lincoln

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”—Abraham Lincoln

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”—Theodore Roosevelt

“Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I shall never be like that. But they won through step by step, by little bits of wills, little denials of self, little inward victories, by faithfulness in very little things. They became what they are. No one sees these little hidden steps. They only see the accomplishment, but even so, those small steps were taken. There is no sudden triumph, no spiritual maturity. That is the work of the moment.”—Amy Carmichael

 “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.”—Florence Nightingale

“Failure is the tuition you pay for success.”—Walter Brunnell

“If your motto is ‘If at first you don’t succeed try, try again’, don’t try sky diving!”—Unknown