If a person says I have worked hard but have not found [success], don't believe him. [If a person says] I have not exerted myself, and I have found [success], don't believe him. [If he says] I gave it my all and I have found [success], believe him!

Megillah 6b

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.

Nipsey Hussle

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.

Walt Disney

Make creativity rather than comfort your goal and you will ensure far more success for the future.

Robert Greene

A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.

Bo Bennett

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.

Sam Walton