The great tragedy of life is ...

The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.
The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.
 Michelangelo

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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

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
 Michelangelo
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
 Michelangelo
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high, and we miss it, but that it is too low, and we reach it.
 Michelangelo
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
Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.
 Michelangelo