I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life... as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

To hold a man down, you have to stay down with him.