Mountains appear more lofty ...

Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.
Mountains appear more lofty the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not in this particular.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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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.

Quotes from the same author

A mother's love! O holy, boundless thing! Fountain whose waters never cease to spring!
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Yes, the meeting of dear friends atones for the regret of separation; and like it so much enhances affection, that after absence one wonders how one has been able to stay away from them so long.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.
 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington