Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted. — David Bly

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It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. — Alexander Graham Bell

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I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. ― Booker T. Washington

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The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

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Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls. — Suresh Raina

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Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story. ― Lionel Shriver

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Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise. — Frank Ocean

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The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

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Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. ― Robert Collier

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