[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fFsLmCtCX6lwwU3TPf26lbrofg2u-dAxfAvcfkHz9oXk":3,"$fqVM3yQlbC0EhdJ-M3Ua8CL_Yw4jHeKbxMQF5-by7bEE":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},55400,"Lincoln Steffens","L",78,null,"lincoln-steffens",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":78},[14,23,30,36,42,48,54,60,66,72],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":22},3795763,"Nothing fails like success.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nLincoln Steffens, an American journalist and social critic, coined the phrase \"Nothing fails like success\" in his 1904 book \"The Shame of the Cities.\" During this time, Steffens was witnessing the darker side of industrialization and capitalism, where he saw that even successful ventures could ultimately lead to moral decay and corruption. His statement reflected his observations on the pitfalls of unchecked ambition.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nAt first glance, this quote seems counterintuitive because success is often associated with achievement and accomplishment. However, Steffens' insight lies in highlighting that when success becomes an end in itself, it can lead to complacency, corruption, and ultimately, failure in a more profound sense. By equating success with failure, he's pointing out the importance of questioning one's motivations and the consequences of their actions.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider regularly assessing your goals and priorities to ensure they remain aligned with your values and not solely driven by external validation or material gain. This involves adopting a more introspective approach to success, where you continuously evaluate whether your achievements are truly meaningful and justifying the costs incurred.",{"id":24,"quote_text":25,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":27,"source":28,"quote_tag":29,"commentary":9},3227420,"The unknown is the province of the student; it is the field for his lifes adventure, and it is a wide field full of beckonings.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":31,"quote_text":32,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":33,"source":34,"quote_tag":35,"commentary":9},3227419,"One improvement I have learned from my childhood experience with my father: I do not threaten punishment in the morning. That was awful. Late into the night I would lie awake tossing and wondering what he was going to do to me. Usually he did nothing. A quiet, impressive ‘talking to’ was all I got.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":37,"quote_text":38,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":39,"source":40,"quote_tag":41,"commentary":9},3227418,"My father would invite me sweetly to come and sit on a stool at his feet, and, as I let myself trustingly down, he would gently kick the seat from under me – and laugh.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":43,"quote_text":44,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":45,"source":46,"quote_tag":47,"commentary":9},3227417,"My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of an authority; I thought he knew and was right on everything – for a while.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":9},3227415,"We need some great failures. Especially we ever-successful Americans – conscious, intelligent, illuminating failures.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":55,"quote_text":56,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":57,"source":58,"quote_tag":59,"commentary":9},3227410,"First in violence, deepest in dirt, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a – village, the “tough” among cities, a spectacle for the nation.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":9},3227407,"Somebody must take a chance. There are monkeys who became men, and the monkeys who didn’t are still jumping around in trees making faces at the monkeys who did.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":9},3227396,"You can’t control a young horse unless you control yourself.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":26,"has_image":18,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},3227395,"In all cities, the better classes – the business men – are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":79,"totalPages":80,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":81},1,8,10]