Success is a result, not a goal

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Success Quotes

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I...

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

I detest my fellow-beings and do not feel that I am their fellow at all

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and...

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and...

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it.

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make...

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal.

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as...

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name...

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...