“对我们大多数人来说，更大的危险不是将目标定得太高而实现不了，而是将目标定得太低而轻易达到。”——雕塑家米开朗琪罗

“当一扇门关闭时，另一扇门就打开了；但我们常常只是懊悔地长久盯着那扇关闭的门，以至于看不到另一扇门已为我们开启。”——发明家亚历山大•格雷汉姆•贝尔

“我知道成功的代价：奉献，努力，坚持不懈地追求你的目标。”——美国建筑师弗兰克•劳埃德•赖特

“在这样一个瞬息万变的世界中，唯一一个肯定失败的战略，就是不去承担风险。”——Facebook创始人、CEO马克•扎克伯格

“成功的人会从他的错误中受益，并且换种方法再次尝试。”——励志作家、演讲家戴尔•卡耐基

“衡量一个人职业生涯的真正标准，是看他能否心满意足，甚至骄傲地说，我已经成功地完成了自己的事业，而且没有伤及他人。”——经济学家艾伦•格林斯潘

“你总要开始去做自己真正想做的事。务必要选择一份你喜欢的工作。唯如此，每天早上你才能动力十足地跳下床。如果你只是为了让你的简历显得好看些，就选择了一份不喜欢的工作，我觉得你一定是疯了。这就好比年轻时不去睡姑娘，你是想留到老了再睡吗？”——企业高管、投资家沃伦•巴菲特

“砖墙矗立在那里，是有原因的，它不是为了挡住我们的出路，而是要给我们一个机会，表明我们多么迫切地想要某样东西。因为砖墙就是要阻挡那些欲望不够强烈的人，那些其他人。”——作家、大学教授兰迪•波许

“要想去另外某个地方，第一步就是要决定你不会继续待在原地。”——美国金融家J.P.摩根

“做你必须要做的事，直到你终于能做自己想做的事。”——哈珀传播公司董事长兼CEO奥普拉•温弗瑞

“没有哪个成功的人不曾失败过，有些甚至遭遇了极为惨重的失败，但他们都坚持住了。他们从错误中学到了经验，他们没有放弃。”——美国总统奥巴马

“反正你总是要思考，不如在思考时把格局放大。”美国总统候选人唐纳德•特朗普

“如果你一开始没成功，那就再来一次，一次不行再来一次。还不行就放弃吧，像傻瓜一样徒劳地坚持是没用的。”——喜剧演员W.C.菲尔茨

“障碍不一定会阻挡住你前进的步伐。如果你面前有墙，不要转身放弃。想法子爬过去、穿过去、绕过去。”——NBA球星迈克尔•乔丹

“普通人与成功者的区别，不在于他们缺乏力量，也不在于他们缺乏知识，而在于他们缺乏意志力。”——橄榄球名人堂教练文斯•隆巴迪

“比你更有天赋者或许有之，但如果有任何人比你更努力，你就没有借口了。”——职业棒球运动员德里克•基特

“成功很大程度上是不断提升自身志向与期望水平的结果。”——职业高尔夫选手杰克•尼克劳斯

“成功的真正秘诀是热情。”——汽车公司高管沃尔特•克莱斯勒

“我相信，成功和不成功的企业家区至少有一半差异在于纯粹的坚持。”——苹果共同创始人、CEO史蒂夫•乔布斯

“永远要交付超出期望的东西。”——谷歌联合创始人拉里•佩奇

“不管你的脑袋或者你的战略有多聪明，如果你只是一个人单打独斗，你都会输给一支团队。”——风投家、领英联合创始人里德•霍夫曼

“对同行、同事、客户以及你在工作中需要联系的其他所有人友好一点，没有人喜欢跟难相处的人打交道。”——风投家、作家理查德•哈罗奇

“成功的秘诀就是知道别人都不知道的事情。”——希腊商人亚里士多德•奥纳西斯

“永远别找借口，你的朋友不需要借口，你的敌人不相信借口。”——加州大学洛杉矶分校棒球教练约翰•伍登

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“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, sculptor

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” —Alexander Graham Bell, inventor

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen” —Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect

“In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” —Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook

“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way” —Dale Carnegie, motivational speaker and author

“The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.” —Alan Greenspan, economist

“There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn’t that a little like saving up sex for your old age?” —Warren Buffet, CEO and investor

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” —Randy Pausch, author and college professor

9. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are” —J.P. Morgan, American financier

“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” —Oprah Winfrey, Chairwoman and CEO of Harpo Productions

“No one of achievement has avoided failure, sometimes catastrophic failures, but they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t quit.” —President Barack Obama

“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.” —Donald Trump, U.S. presidential candidate

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” —W.C. Fields, comedian

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” —Michael Jordan, professional basketball player

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” —Vince Lombardi, Hall of Fame football coach

16. “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” —Derek Jeter, professional baseball player

“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspirations and expectation.” —Jack Nicklaus, professional golfer

“The real secret of success is enthusiasm.” —Walter Chrysler, auto executive

“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” —Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder

“Always deliver more than expected.” —Larry Page, co-founder of Google

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” —Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist and co-founder of LinkedIn LNKD -0.10%

“Be nice to colleagues, customers, co-workers and everyone else you come into contact with at work. No one likes to deal with difficult unfriendly people.” —Richard Harroch, venture capitalist and author

“The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.” —Aristotle Onassis, Greek businessman

“Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes don’t believe them.” —John Wooden, UCLA basketball coach