"Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats." ― Amos Bronson Alcott Topic(s): Success More From Amos Bronson Alcott "The less routine the more life." "Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly." "A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay." More In Success "I hate to travel with stuff."― Manolo Blahnik "Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."― Erma Bombeck "Success should always be just beyond your grasp."― William Shatner