The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success. - Bo Bennett. View more images...

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. - Jonas Salk. View more images...

Since when do grown men and women, who presume to hold high government office and exercise what they think of as "moral leadership," require ethics officers to tell them whether it is or isn't permissible to grab the secretary's behind or redirect public funds to their own personal advantage? - Meg Greenfield. View more images...

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100% dedication, you won't be able to do this. - Wilson Mizner. View more images...

People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is. - Nate Silver. View more images...

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. - Anthony J. D'Angelo. View more images...

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. - Winston Churchill. View more images...

Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms. - Damien Hirst. View more images...

Success is failure recycled. Life is death reborn. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie. View more images...

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. - Alexis de Tocqueville. View more images...

Success doesn't come to you you go to it. - Marva Collins. View more images...

I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful. - Calvin Klein. View more images...

Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success. - Rickey Henderson. View more images...

Success is not a doorway, it's a staircase. - Dottie Walters. View more images...

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure. - George Cukor. View more images...