More quotes by Walter Scott

"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education."
"Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities."
"The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me."
"For success, attitude is equally as important as ability."
"Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep."