Quiet Success Quotes

We have inherited a magnificent palace and we spend most of our lives in a broom closet in the basement. We are missing 99.9999% of everything that was happening around us. The real learning will take place after this world. This is not the main event, but the preliminary. Don't center ourselves on the things of this world, but strive for repentance and forgiveness.

- Hugh Nibley

Read Moroni 10:4 of the Book of Mormon

Do what it says and then see how you feel about it.

Do your best;
get some fun out of life everyday;
put your trust in God.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To be what we are,
and to become what we are capable of becoming
is only the end of life.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we fell very good. Understanding is joyous.

- Carl Sagan

There is peace in keeping the Commandments.

The Savior said, "But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant" [Matthew 23:11].

If being the greatest is indication of success, then he who is the servant of all could be identified as the truly successful person.

- Ben E. Lewis

Success is simple...

"Come, follow me."

- Jesus Christ

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Success is telling your boy...
"I'm glad you're my son."

Successful people are just normal people - focused.

No man is truly successful until his mother-in-law has admitted it.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

- Epictetus

Most of the happy people I know do some one thing well.

- L. Jay Silvester, Olympic Discus Champion

You see things; and
you say "Why?"
But I dream things that never were; and
I say, "Why not?"

- George Bernard Shaw

All great men and women became great because they gave some talent or ability in the service of others.

- Dr. Albert Schweitzer

If it's going to be, it's up to me!

- Dr. Robert H. Schuller

Goals and Internal Motivation

If I were to tell you that I would give you $100,000 if you would accomplish a particular task, would you find a way to accomplish this task? You would probably go to almost any extreme to accomplish this task. On the other hand, what if I didn't offer you the money? Would that make a difference? Ultimately, it's purely your internal motivation that makes the difference - and if the goal is real enough, then you will find a way.

- Hyrum W. Smith

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

- George Sand

Do the thing you think you cannot do.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

You are only as happy as you make up your mind to be. I will study and prepare and perhaps my chance will come.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.

- Abraham Lincoln

People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did.
But, people will never forget
how you made them feel.

- Maya Angelou

Do all the good you can
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as you ever can.

- John Wesley

There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live.

- James Truslow Adams

At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family.

Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice.

But the family is an everlasting anchorage, a quiet harbor where a man's ship can be left to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.

- Admiral Richard E. Byrd

As my definition of success, I offer the following:
Success is finding a way to contribute a useful service or a useful product that makes life better.
Success is to have numerous adventures which enrich the mind and spirit.
Success is to have the love and respect of your family and neighbors.
Success is being able to live comfortably with one's self.

- Roy W. Oscarson

Treat temptation as a fierce some onrushing freight train. Get off the tracks! And stay far away from the train station.

- Spencer W. Kimball

The manager administers ... the leader innovates.
The manager maintains ... the leader develops.
The manager relies on systems ... the leader relies on people.
The manager counts on controls ... the leader counts on trust.
The manager does things right ... the leader does the right thing.

- Fortune Magazine

Sticking to it is the genius.
Any other bright-minded fellow
can accomplish just as much...
if he will stick like hell
and make the damn thing work.
I never did a day's work in my life -
that was all fun.

- Thomas A. Edison

Success is understanding this:

None of us have money problems, only idea problems.