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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Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. – Lily Tomlin

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Nothing fails like success nothing is so defeated as yesterdays triumphant Cause. – Phyllis McGinley

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Success is dependent on effort. – Sophocles

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