"Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success."
― Ambrose Bierce
Topic(s):
Success
― Ambrose Bierce
More From Ambrose Bierce
- "Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows."
- "Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron – namely, that he is a blockhead."
- "Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country."
More In Success
- "A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It’s always something you’re thinking about unconsciously."― Andy Samberg
- "The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in life and soon the students began to believe in themselves and the reality that they could make something of their lives."― Michael N. Castle
- "The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it’s basically down to you and what you want or need."― Bruce Springsteen