Richard M. DeVos

(313 votes)   If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, ''Here comes number seventy-one!''

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(102 votes)   Life... It tends to respond to our outlook, to shape itself to meet our expectations.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(100 votes)   If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(95 votes)   The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(93 votes)   It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(92 votes)   Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ''you can do it'' when things are tough.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(84 votes)   Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(84 votes)   The easiest thing to find on God's green earth is someone to tell you all the things you cannot do.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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(81 votes)   The riches of life, the love and joy and exhilaration of life can be found only with an upward look. This is an exciting world. It's cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.

Richard M. DeVos
1926-, American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.

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