Re: You accept success by making the effort instead of making excuses
This is so true Ishmael. Maura Collins stated, "Success doesn’t come to you…you go to it". Other interesting quotes about success include the following:
A successful person is one who works up to or near his full potential. The only thing you can ask any man to do is his best no matter what he chooses to do – in the game of sports or in the game of life.
- Chuck Knox
My favourite one is:
In our journey into the empires of our mind, we must remember that success is a process, not a destination, let alone a summit. You must always strive for excellence, but never see perfection.
Dennis Waitley
How about this one:
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
- Henry Longfellow
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavour to love the life you have imagined, you will meet with success.
- Henry David Thoreau