Quote by Fernando Pessoa
Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but theres no palace till its built. – Fernando Pessoa

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Sit still with me in the shade of these green trees, which have no weightier thought than the withering of their leaves when autumn arrives, or the stretching of their many stiff fingers into the cold sky of the passing winter. – Fernando Pessoa

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The trick to getting ahead is to give it the same effort you give to getting even. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success. – Bryant H. McGill

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The quick success was a bit strange to get used to. – Fiona Apple

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Desire is the key to motivation, but its determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek. – Mario Andretti

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God is the perfect poet. – Robert Browning

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The literary man must needs be a thinking one, and every day he lives he becomes wiser—if wiser, then better—if better, then happier. – Charles Lanman, “Thoughts on Literature,” 1840

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Its sad to know Im done. But looking back, Ive got a lot of great memories. – Bonnie Blair

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