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“He learned to become the killer... who needs to succeed at all costs, who recognizes that other people are expendable, who does not need to take responsibility, who will do anything to get attention, financial rewards and "to win.”
Mary L. Trump (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I didn't find it in the least difficult,' said Grigg. 'Those meant to succeed at a thing never do find the thing difficult.' 'Meant? Meant by whom?' 'By the life of which they are a part, whether they know it or not.' 'It is very mystical,' said Grigg.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We shouldn’t be rewarding companies with American tax dollars who use the American capitalist system to achieve billions in profits, but then disown the same history of a country which inherently allowed them to succeed.”
Jason Smith (politician) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we succeed not only in keeping France itself quiet, but also in having it plead for peace in Petersburg, this turn of events will weaken the Franco-Russian alliance.”
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856–1921) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Rödern (15 July 1914), quoted in Konrad H. Jarauschl, ‘The Illusion of Limited War: Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg's Calculated Risk, July 1914’, Central European History, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Mar., 1969), p. 62
“Even if you succeed in study and business, if your nation collapses, then what good is it for?”
Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“to white people who care about maintaining a habitable planet, I need you to become actively anti-racist. I need you to understand that our racial inequality crisis is intertwined with our climate crisis. If we don’t work on both, we will succeed at neither. I need you to step up. Please. Because I am exhausted.”
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the face of growing confusion about the doctrine of the Faith, many bishops, priests, religious and laypeople of the Catholic Church have requested that I make a public testimony about the truth of revelation. It is the shepherds' very own task to guide those entrusted to them on the path of salvation. This can only succeed if they know this way and follow it themselves.”
Gerhard Ludwig Müller (born 1947) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Manifesto of Faith (February 2019)
“The question is, will he have Republicans in charge who want to help him succeed, or will he have guys who, you know, we’ve been wrestling with for whatever it’s been now, the past four or six years, who have been more concerned about getting along with the Democrats than in trying to respond to this popular sentiment and protect our Republic against the global statists.”
Frank Gaffney (born 1953) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Frank Gaffney: Trump Foreign Policy Must Start with Designating Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization (9 November 2016)
“The strange thing is that what makes a wonderful story for some could be quite boring for others. It’s quite rare to find a story that everyone loves. But I think the best stories are those where the underdog somehow finds a way to succeed, hopefully with friends helping along the way.”
Debbie Dadey (born 1959) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR DEBBIE DADEY (February 13, 2018)
“My new responsibility is higher, it requires renewed vigour, commitment and strength, the prayers of my brethren are needed. I need your prayers to succeed, I need your prayers to take catholic church and the society to the promised land.”
Matthew Ishaya Audu (born 1959) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cleric urges Nigerians to pray for national unity, development (May 10, 2021)
“Regarding his knowledge of the competitors in the Shanghai tournament, he said: "Fortunately, I am more than 50% familiar with how to implement the form of my competitors who will be Asian and world champions, and I was able to analyze them well and closely at the Baku tournament." I'm trying to succeed in Shanghai.”
Farshid Asadian (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Geert Wilders was my first teacher. I had the opportunity to work for him for half a year. An incredibly educational experience. Then I became spokesperson for Filip Dewinter, one of the most influential politicians of the past decades. It is a great honor that I can succeed him as party leader in Antwerp.”
Sam Van Rooy (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We don’t persist because we see hope. We only see hope when we persist. Before we succeed, we are not failing. It’s just that we are not there yet.”
Glacier Kwong (born 1996) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 38 Glacier Kwong (4 May 2021)
“Only my faith and hope in that loving God who wants the good for all his sons enabled me to grow in spirit and strengthened me for the ups and downs of life. That is why I was able to succeed and I thank my Lord again and again.”
Óscar Elías Biscet (born 1961) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cuba’s Conscience (December 2011)
“Be a true shepherd to your people — caring, loving and available. Although you will not always succeed, a loving shepherd will make an impact for years to come. Don’t neglect your own spiritual life. The temptation, when priests get busy, is to give up times of prayer and spiritual development in order to do more pastoral work.”
James Patrick Keleher (1931–2024) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Keleher celebrates his 50th anniversary as a priest (9 May 2008)
“I want to succeed in baseball, but it doesn’t mean anything if I'm not ultimately doing something greater than myself. Our lives should be about bringing faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need.”
Tim Tebow (born 1987) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sports, Faith, Dating and Adoption: Tim Tebow Talks About His Life's Purpose (April 8, 2018)
“Women entrepreneurs have to work twice as hard to succeed... the best thing to do is to remain resolute, focused, ethical and preserve your integrity.”
Divine Ndhlukula (born 1960) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lioness of Africa, 23 January 2020 https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2017/4/13/quote-of-the-day
“The more passionate you are about the world (and your business), the more likely you are to succeed.”
Ola Brown (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t think anyone who wants to succeed—male or female—should concentrate on hurdles because you will find them if you are looking for them, and I have been just too busy to spend time looking for obstacles.”
Linah Mohohlo (1952–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A nation without period poverty and a nation that provides equal opportunities for girls and women to succeed in all aspects”
Theresa Nyava (born 1991) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vision of her organization "Theresa Nyava: A brave lady fighting period poverty in Zimbabwe", iVolunteer International (May 15, 2021)
“For the Chinese national revolution to succeed, the participation of the masses of all classes and the building of a united front of all classes are necessary. But among the classes taking part in the national revolution, the working class and the peasantry constitute the main force.”
Liu Shaoqi (1898–1969) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mr. Liao Zhongkai and Worker and Peasant Policy" (26 September 1926)
“I think if you’re to succeed in this career, you need to be able to motivate yourself.Ire's advice to young programmers”
Ire Aderinokun (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In any talks, the part that makes the talks succeed is the party in power.”
Martha Karua (born 1957) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Kenya Kwanza - Azimio dialogue report(Citizen Digital, Dec 08,2023)
“Nurture our souls with Your Heavenly bread and fill us with Your Power, so that we may succeed in life. And as You give us all Your blessings, supply Your Love as well, so that it may become for us an everlasting law.”
Peter Deunov (1864–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have grown past the stage of fairy-tale. As women, we have one common front and that is to succeed. We have to take the bull by the horn and make the change happen by ourselves.”
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be diligent to succeed as there is a way where there be no way, only the persistent and diligent find it.”
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not every business one ventures into that one would succeed at.”
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I once dared to dream and if I could succeed, then so can you!”
Folorunsho Alakija (born 1951) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“African tech companies must be held to the same standards as companies anywhere else in the world. But we must also be given the same respect. As long as we are treated as valuable partners, we can succeed.”
Rebecca Enonchong (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no laziness in any business, that wants to succeed.”
Bolanle Austen-Peters (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To the young teenage mother, you are not damaged goods. God loves you as you are. Have a plan for your life and work hard to achieve your goals not only for you but for your child. Build a support system around you. We need each other to succeed. I always say it took a village to make Zimbabwe’s first abdominal transplant and hepato biliary trained surgeon.”
Praise Matemavi (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am inspired by successful women who do things that were previously only done by men; women who can create and succeed and who are confident.”
Muthoni Likimani (born 1926) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When a plan does not go right, you plot again. One day you will succeed. One day you will be able to damage the person who hurts you so completely that they will never be able to recover.”
Lola Shoneyin (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.”
Niniola (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Growth is a gradual process and you must aspire to it every day. This must be backed with a strong determination to succeed.”
Stephanie Okereke Linus (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A degree is a piece of paper that says you can do something in theory— game developers want to know that you have enough passion to do real work, regardless of whether you're being graded on it. And if you're thinking of going indie, it won't matter what other people think— you'll simply need that passion to succeed or else you won't.”
Derek Yu (born 1982) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I made mistakes, in communication. In the beginning, I put too much emphasis on people's own responsibility and not enough on the mandatory measures (with regards to COVID-19 pandemic). The second is that I did not succeed in convincing people to a sufficient extent about the basic measures.”
Mark Rutte (born 1967) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mark Rutte (2021) cited in: "Rutte: I made coronavirus policy mistakes; King can help speed up Cabinet formation" in NL Times, 24 December 2021.
“Kurti and his extremists should not think that in the future they will succeed in banning Serbs in Kosovo from voting, notably in April 3 (2022 Serbian general) elections.”
Petar Petković (born 1980) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Petar Petković (2022) cited in: "Kosovo bans Serbian vote on constitutional changes on its soil" in Aljazeera, 15 January 2022.
“(About the Iraq War) It is highly desirable that it can succeed and find adequate support, including from the Italian side, with consistent choices of closeness and assistance to that people, the work recently undertaken by United Nations Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.”
Camillo Ruini (1931–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Safeguarding national security is only natural. The US wants to use those so-called sanctions to intimidate [me] – it will not succeed.”
John Lee Ka-chiu (born 1957) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Who is John Lee? 12 quotes from Hong Kong’s unopposed leadership hopeful" in Hong Kong Free Press (18 April 2022)
“His Holiness the Dalai Lama and I are spiritual friends. There is no difference between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and me. Some people are trying to create discord between us. This will not succeed.”
Choekyi Gyaltsen (1938–1989) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in 1985, "Tibet’s Panchen Lama: 25 Years After
“For our country to succeed economically, our market-based system must function alongside strong, effective government. Strong, effective government, in turn, requires a functioning democratic process.”
Robert Rubin (born 1938) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H.R. 1 and H.R. 4 would reform our democracy. They'd also help our economy.", Washington Post (March 17, 2021)
“To succeed in life, it is important to build good relationships in your professional and personal life. Being open, positive, honest and sincere — help establish trust and rapport with your patients and their families. Always stay humble and grateful.”
Alice Eduardo (born 1965) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A heart-to-heart talk with Alice Eduardo" in Philippine Star (8 April 2025)
“# What we require is the will to get our acts together. Our strength is in our people our youth, our culture, our resilience, our ability to succeed despite the odds Buhari”
Muhammadu Buhari (1942–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must succeed in order to take the first step to reform Poland, so that we seize opportunities waiting for us beyond the Polish borders. The first step is to establish a government, strong in its foundation and strong in its constitution. Government that will be strengthened by its cooperation with the President, but that will also remain open to others.”
Jarosław Kaczyński (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Major changes are required in the education – we need to raise our behavioral standards; we need to instill the essential sense of identity. We cannot succeed without our identity and we learnt that from other countries’ experience. Those that succeeded have built strong unity, whereas our unity has been consistently destroyed over the last 20 years.”
Jarosław Kaczyński (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Unknown now, but I will be UNFORGETTABLE … I will Persist until I SUCCEED ….”
Tobi Amusan (born 1997) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Amusan wrote on Twitter (8 November 2016)
“Of course, I am the first democratically elected woman president in Africa, and that raises a lot of expectations. Because I represent the aspirations of women all over Africa, I must succeed for them. I must keep the door open for women's participation in politics at the highest level. That is both humbling and exciting.”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People must believe that if they invest, farm, or start a business, they will have the opportunity to succeed.”
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Build Integrity, Not a Haven for Drug Dealers,’ Sirleaf Tells Governmentwestafricanpilot.net(Jul 30, 2026)
“I have zero doubts that the climate movement around the world will succeed and come to a very good result. What I’m actually worried about is you. You have to choose the right side of this battle”.”
Nisreen Elsaim wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source