Success Quote by John Steinbeck — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“A man without words is a man without thought.”

“Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know.”

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”

“If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.”

“Mr. Trask, do you think the thoughts of people suddenly become important at a given age? Do you have sharper feelings or clearer thoughts now than when you were ten? Do you see as well, hear as well, taste as vitally?”

“This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

“How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”

“It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.”

“Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.”

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”

“To follow, without halt, one aim: There is the secret of success.”