The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.

Eric Hoffer
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  1. The right reason and motive for success, while pursued in the right way, will trigger divine support, human celebration and personal fulfillment because the endeavor becomes bigger than oneself. - Anonymous

  2. I felt like poisoning a monk. - Umberto Eco

  3. Writer’s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows. - Joseph Campbell

  4. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney Company

  5. And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed! - Dr. Seuss

More Quotes By Eric Hoffer
  1. Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

  2. There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

  3. The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

  4. The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

  5. We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents.

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