We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory. -Cicero

"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her." - David Brinkley

"Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally." - David Frost (via eQuotes)

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause. -Henry Ward Beecher

Adversity a Blessing

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude of the voyager.

-unknown

What You Learn From Sorrow

I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chatted me all the way,
But I was none the wiser
For what she had to say.

I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And ne'er a word said she,
But O the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!

-unknown

Short motivational quotations By Napoleon Hill

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.Reduce your plan to writing. The moment

Reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man. -Bacon

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best. -Marva Collins

Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. -Sam Ewing

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut. -Einstein

You cannot dream yourself into a character. You must hammer and forge yourself one. -Froude

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. -O.W. Holmes

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. -Benjamin Franklin