To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die. Marquis de Vauvenargues There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
US general (1937 - ) Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot
British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 - 1965) The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary. Vidal Sassoon He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. Bessie A. Stanley Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. Maya Angelou
US author & poet (1928 - ) Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still. Robert Sternberg In love, one and one are one. Jean-Paul Sartre
French author & existentialist philosopher (1905 - 1980) One must not lose desires. They are mighty stimulants to creativeness, to love, and to long life. Alexander A. Bogomoletz The married are those who have taken the terrible risk of intimacy and, having taken it, know life without intimacy to be impossible. Carolyn Heilbrun
US mystery novelist (1926 - ) | 
