It is the minority that has ...

It is the minority that has stood in the vain of every moral conflict, and achieved all that is noble in the history of the world.
It is the minority that has stood in the vain of every moral conflict, and achieved all that is noble in the history of the world.
 John Bartholomew Gough

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

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Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could.
 John Bartholomew Gough
If you want to succeed in the world must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the roadside until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
 John Bartholomew Gough
You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
 John Bartholomew Gough