"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 "Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams." "Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture." "Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness." More In Success "It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it’s no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I’d have the success they had."― Katy Perry "If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire."― Mason Cooley "The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."― George S. Patton