„The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.“
Robert Baden-Powell8
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„The secret of success behind all men of achievement, lies in the faculty of applying their intellect in all their activities, without being mislead by any surging emotions or feelings. The secret of success in life lies in keeping the head above the storms of the heart.“
— Chinmayananda Saraswati Indian spiritual teacher 1916 - 1993
„Conservatism is itself a modernism, and in this lies the secret of its success.“
— Roger Scruton English philosopher 1944
"Eliot and Conservatism" (p. 194)
„The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.“
— Samuel Youd British writer 1922 - 2012
When the Tripods Came
„Here is one of the best bits of advice every given about the fine art of human relationships. "If there is any one secret of success," says Henry Ford, "it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own."“
— Dale Carnegie American writer and lecturer 1888 - 1955
p. 42 (in 2016 edition)
„The big secret in life is there is no secret. Whatever your goal. You can get there if you're willing to work.“
— Oprah Winfrey American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist 1954
„Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.“
— Henry Ford American industrialist 1863 - 1947
„The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire to receive even greater benefits.“
— François de La Rochefoucauld French author of maxims and memoirs 1613 - 1680
La reconnaissance de la plupart des hommes n'est qu'une secrète envie de recevoir de plus grands bienfaits.
Variant translation: Gratitude is the lively expectation of favours yet to come.
Maxim 298. Compare: "The gratitude of place-expectants is a lively sense of future favours", attributed to Sir Robert Walpole.
„The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.“
— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910
Commonly attributed to Twain in computer contexts and post-2000 inspirational books — the first sentence has also been attributed to Agatha Christie and Sally Berger.
„Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.“
— Ronnie Coleman American bodybuilder 1964
Herald Sun staff (October 13, 2006) "A good life, naturally", Herald Sun, p. 017.
„The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.“
— Henry Ford American industrialist 1863 - 1947
„The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into him on a stereotyped system.“
— Robert Baden-Powell lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement 1857 - 1941
The Scouter http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/outlook.html (January, 1912)
„There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.“
— Colin Powell Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general 1937
As quoted in The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell (2003) by Oren Harari, p. 164.
„I of animals make choice
That men may get instruction from their voice.“
— Jean De La Fontaine French poet, fabulist and writer. 1621 - 1695
Context: History some truths contains, which well may serve
For lessons. In my work you will observe
Ev'ry thing speaks — yea e'en the very fish —
And what they say, to ev'ry man a dish
Serves up; and I of animals make choice
That men may get instruction from their voice.
Book I (1668), Dedication "To Monseigneur the Dauphin".
