Making a success of the job at hand

“During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.”     Bernard Mannes Baruch

“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous — on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. It is failure that makes people bitter and cruel.”     W(illiam) Somerset Maugham

“The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion… It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.”     Alexander Graham Bell

“The pride of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”     Vincent Thomas “Vince” Lombardi

“The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”     Mark Caine