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Among the millions of nerve cells that clothe parts of the brain there runs a thread. It is the thread of time, the thread that has run through each succeeding wakeful hour of the individual.

A motto I've adopted is, if at first you don't succeed, hide all evidence that you ever tried.

Analogies are figures intended to serve as fatal weapons if they succeed, and as innocent toys if they fail.

Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.

And here's what management is: motivating people and putting them in places where they can succeed.

And it is certain that those who do not yield to their equals, who keep terms with their superiors, and are moderate towards their inferiors, on the whole succeed best.

And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, 'how do we live?'

And then he sank back and tried, as usual, not to think. He must succeed. That's what the world was made for. That's what he was made for. That was what he would have to do.

And the truth is, those who are terrorists only have to succeed once, and those of us who are trying to build an inclusive society have to succeed every time.

An effective strategy almost always involves both doing something and not doing something, and knowing when to choose the right alternative. To succeed, the strategy that is chosen ultimately depends on the acquisition of as much information as possible.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.

An investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions that swirl about the marketplace.

António Guterres role as Secretary-General in bringing all powers together is very essential` and we hope he can succeed, it's not easy of course.

Any bailout of a private company is a bad decision by our federal government. Private companies have the right to succeed, but they also should have the right to fail.

An imitator is a man who succeeds in being an imitation.

A revolution must aim at the destruction of the given order and will succeed only by asserting an order of its own.

Art and science have so much in common - the process of trial and error, finding something new and innovative, and to experiment and succeed in a breakthrough.

Banking gives you a glimpse into what makes companies succeed and what makes companies fail.

Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.

Because I'm not attached to the outcome, I don't have to worry whether I succeed or fail.

And woe succeeds woe.

Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding.

Any quarterback that understands what the offense is really about is going to succeed.

Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want something, but I won't know what it is until I succeed in doing it.

A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.

... a true servant of God is someone who helps another succeed.

Before crime is committed conscience must be corrupted, and every bad man who succeeds in reaching a high point of wickedness begins with this.

Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.

Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.

Being right is one more good reason for not succeeding

Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.

Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story

Be passionate. If you are passionate, you will ultimately succeed.

Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not.

Better than succeeding little by little is failing at one go.

Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

Books succeed; and lives fail.

Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail.

But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.

Beyond all our actions stands the larger shadow: How are we to choose between what we have been taught to think right and something else which manifestly succeeds?

By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words, mental discourse. When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently.

But what if I fail? You will. A better question might be, ‘after I fail, what then?’ If you’ve chosen well, after you fail you will be one step closer to succeeding, you will be wiser and stronger and you almost certainly will be more respected by all of those that are afraid to try.

But politicians who talk about failed policies are just blowing smoke. Government policies succeed in doing exactly what they are supposed to do: channeling resources bilked from the general public to politically organized and influential interests groups.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you had failed in Detroit you might yet succeed in Seattle - and that if you'd succeeded in Seoul, you could succeed even better in Seattle... Seattle was the coming place. So I joined the line of hopefuls.

Catherine the Great, like others of her kind, did not succeed in imparting greatness to her descendants.

Changing things is not easy, and I say this without any irony. It is not that someone does not want to, but because it is a hard thing to do. Take Obama, a forward-thinking man, a liberal, a democrat. Did he not pledge to shut down Guantanamo before his election? But did he do it? No, he did not. And may I ask why not? Did he not want to do it? He wanted to, I am sure he did, but it did not work out. He sincerely wanted to do it, but did not succeed, since it turned out to be very complicated.

Combine a certain amount of indifference with your ambition. Be carefully careless. If you don't succeed today, there is always tomorrow.

Civilization could not exist until there was written language, because without written language no generation could bequeath to succeeding generations anything but its simpler findings.