Leon Trotsky

…capitalism does live by crises and booms, just as a human being lives by inhaling and exhaling.

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

Fascism is a caricature of Jacobinism.

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.

Tell me anyway–Maybe I can find the truth by comparing the lies.

Against my protests a mausoleum was built on the Red Square, a monument unbecoming and offensive to the revolutionary consciousness.

My life is a success – I am a happy man.

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That’s not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

Keys to success: Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.

There’s always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

Success is not all about money. It’s about having the resources and the ability to live the life that you have personally dreamed of.

I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.

I thought I’d be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris. It was just inconceivable to me I couldn’t win it all.

You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

I don’t think people get to be successful unless they have very strong egos.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one’s business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.