Emily Dickinson Quotes

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That's what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter.

Success has taken its own sweet time to reach me.

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'

Now understand me well. It is provided in the essence of things that from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth something to make a greater struggle necessary.

He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below

Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.

For life affords no higher pleasure, than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. He that labours in any great or laudable undertaking, has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy... To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To the winner, there is 100-percent elation, 100-percent fun, 100-percent laughter; and yet the only thing left to the loser is resolution and determination.

... there is no deodorant like success.

It is an encouraging observation that no good measure was ever proposed which, if duly pursued, failed to prevail in the end.

Success is a very difficult thing. It's much more difficult than one might think.

IT don't matter if you win by an inch or a milewinning is winning!!

Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning.

The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.

You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.

It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

It's not over until you win