Quote#Success & Failure
There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open…
Quote byHerbert Newton Casson · 1869–1951
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Herbert N. Casson in: National Printer Journalist Vol 51 (1933), Nr. 7-12. p. 28; Cited in Arthur Tremain (1951) Successful Retailing: A Handbook for Store Owners and Managers p. xi.
English (original)
There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to failure. Every great success has always been achieved by fight. Every winner has scars. The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
— Herbert Newton Casson
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