"No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance." ― Ramana Maharshi Topic(s): Success More From Ramana Maharshi "The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress." More In Success "From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don’t think one can find any other time in one’s life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that."― Mohsen Makhmalbaf "I don’t think about financial success as the measurement of my success."― Christie Hefner "There’s no abiding success without commitment."― Tony Robbins