Success Quote by Anne Bradstreet — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

“Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.”

“I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who says my hand a needle better fits./ A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong/ For such despite they cast on female wits;/ If what I do prove well, it won't advance,/ They'll say it's stolen, or else, it was by chance.”

“The Author To Her Book”

“Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.”

“Self-trust is the first secret of success.”

“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”

“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.”

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”

“Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”