“對(duì)我們大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō),更大的危險(xiǎn)不是將目標(biāo)定得太高而實(shí)現(xiàn)不了,而是將目標(biāo)定得太低而輕易達(dá)到?!薄袼芗颐组_(kāi)朗琪羅
“當(dāng)一扇門關(guān)閉時(shí),另一扇門就打開(kāi)了;但我們常常只是懊悔地長(zhǎng)久盯著那扇關(guān)閉的門,以至于看不到另一扇門已為我們開(kāi)啟。”——發(fā)明家亞歷山大?格雷漢姆?貝爾
“我知道成功的代價(jià):奉獻(xiàn),努力,堅(jiān)持不懈地追求你的目標(biāo)?!薄绹?guó)建筑師弗蘭克?勞埃德?賴特
“在這樣一個(gè)瞬息萬(wàn)變的世界中,唯一一個(gè)肯定失敗的戰(zhàn)略,就是不去承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)?!薄狥acebook創(chuàng)始人、CEO馬克?扎克伯格
“成功的人會(huì)從他的錯(cuò)誤中受益,并且換種方法再次嘗試?!薄?jiǎng)?lì)志作家、演講家戴爾?卡耐基
“衡量一個(gè)人職業(yè)生涯的真正標(biāo)準(zhǔn),是看他能否心滿意足,甚至驕傲地說(shuō),我已經(jīng)成功地完成了自己的事業(yè),而且沒(méi)有傷及他人?!薄?jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家艾倫?格林斯潘
“你總要開(kāi)始去做自己真正想做的事。務(wù)必要選擇一份你喜歡的工作。唯如此,每天早上你才能動(dòng)力十足地跳下床。如果你只是為了讓你的簡(jiǎn)歷顯得好看些,就選擇了一份不喜歡的工作,我覺(jué)得你一定是瘋了。這就好比年輕時(shí)不去睡姑娘,你是想留到老了再睡嗎?”——企業(yè)高管、投資家沃倫?巴菲特
“磚墻矗立在那里,是有原因的,它不是為了擋住我們的出路,而是要給我們一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì),表明我們多么迫切地想要某樣?xùn)|西。因?yàn)榇u墻就是要阻擋那些欲望不夠強(qiáng)烈的人,那些其他人?!薄骷?、大學(xué)教授蘭迪?波許
“要想去另外某個(gè)地方,第一步就是要決定你不會(huì)繼續(xù)待在原地?!薄绹?guó)金融家J.P.摩根
“做你必須要做的事,直到你終于能做自己想做的事。”——哈珀傳播公司董事長(zhǎng)兼CEO奧普拉?溫弗瑞
“沒(méi)有哪個(gè)成功的人不曾失敗過(guò),有些甚至遭遇了極為慘重的失敗,但他們都堅(jiān)持住了。他們從錯(cuò)誤中學(xué)到了經(jīng)驗(yàn),他們沒(méi)有放棄?!薄绹?guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬
“反正你總是要思考,不如在思考時(shí)把格局放大?!泵绹?guó)總統(tǒng)候選人唐納德?特朗普
“如果你一開(kāi)始沒(méi)成功,那就再來(lái)一次,一次不行再來(lái)一次。還不行就放棄吧,像傻瓜一樣徒勞地堅(jiān)持是沒(méi)用的?!薄矂⊙輪TW.C.菲爾茨
“障礙不一定會(huì)阻擋住你前進(jìn)的步伐。如果你面前有墻,不要轉(zhuǎn)身放棄。想法子爬過(guò)去、穿過(guò)去、繞過(guò)去?!薄狽BA球星邁克爾?喬丹
“普通人與成功者的區(qū)別,不在于他們?nèi)狈αα?,也不在于他們?nèi)狈χR(shí),而在于他們?nèi)狈σ庵玖??!薄蠙烨蛎颂媒叹毼乃?隆巴迪
“比你更有天賦者或許有之,但如果有任何人比你更努力,你就沒(méi)有借口了。”——職業(yè)棒球運(yùn)動(dòng)員德里克?基特
“成功很大程度上是不斷提升自身志向與期望水平的結(jié)果。”——職業(yè)高爾夫選手杰克?尼克勞斯
“成功的真正秘訣是熱情?!薄嚬靖吖芪譅柼?克萊斯勒
“我相信,成功和不成功的企業(yè)家區(qū)至少有一半差異在于純粹的堅(jiān)持?!薄O果共同創(chuàng)始人、CEO史蒂夫?喬布斯
“永遠(yuǎn)要交付超出期望的東西。”——谷歌聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人拉里?佩奇
“不管你的腦袋或者你的戰(zhàn)略有多聰明,如果你只是一個(gè)人單打獨(dú)斗,你都會(huì)輸給一支團(tuán)隊(duì)?!薄L(fēng)投家、領(lǐng)英聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人里德?霍夫曼
“對(duì)同行、同事、客戶以及你在工作中需要聯(lián)系的其他所有人友好一點(diǎn),沒(méi)有人喜歡跟難相處的人打交道?!薄L(fēng)投家、作家理查德?哈羅奇
“成功的秘訣就是知道別人都不知道的事情。”——希臘商人亞里士多德?奧納西斯
“永遠(yuǎn)別找借口,你的朋友不需要借口,你的敵人不相信借口?!薄又荽髮W(xué)洛杉磯分校棒球教練約翰?伍登
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“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” —Michelangelo, sculptor
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” —Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen” —Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect
“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” —Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook
“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way” —Dale Carnegie, motivational speaker and author
“The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.” —Alan Greenspan, economist
“There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn’t that a little like saving up sex for your old age?” —Warren Buffet, CEO and investor
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” —Randy Pausch, author and college professor
9. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are” —J.P. Morgan, American financier
“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” —Oprah Winfrey, Chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions
“No one of achievement has avoided failure, sometimes catastrophic failures, but they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t quit.” —President Barack Obama
“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” —Donald Trump, U.S. presidential candidate
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” —W.C. Fields, comedian
“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” —Michael Jordan, professional basketball player
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” —Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football coach
16. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” —Derek Jeter, professional baseball player
“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspirations and expectation.” —Jack Nicklaus, professional golfer
“The real secret of success is enthusiasm.” —Walter Chrysler, auto executive
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” —Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder
“Always deliver more than expected.” —Larry Page, co-founder of Google
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” —Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist and co-founder of LinkedIn LNKD -0.10%
“Be nice to colleagues, customers, co-workers and everyone else you come into contact with at work. No one likes to deal with difficult unfriendly people.” —Richard Harroch, venture capitalist and author
“The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.” —Aristotle Onassis, Greek businessman
“Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes don’t believe them.” —John Wooden, UCLA basketball coach |