“Success (all) depends on the second letter” is a motivational adage that has been printed on many images. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1992 and is of unknown authorship.
Google Books
The Art of Successful Teaching:
A Blend of Content & Context
By Tim Lautzenheiser
Chicago, I: GIA Publications, Inc.
1992
Pg. 214:
“Success depends on the second letter.”
Google Groups: rec.arts.marching.band.high-school
Quotes to Live By ‘98 Season
MKrek
7/7/98
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Success depends on the second letter. (Now that’s self-explanatory)
Google Groups: rec.arts.marching.band.high-school
marching band quotes
AliciaBeth
4/11/01
(...)
Success depends on the second letter.
Twitter
Erwin Mcken
@bigwavedude
The secret to your own success is found in the second letter of the word SUCCESS.
6:51 PM - 29 Sep 2009
Twitter
❤️Nisha Baby ❤️
@NishaYvette
Postive Quotes: Success depends on the second letter.
8:43 AM - 14 Oct 2009
Everyday Power blog
December 26, 2014
20 Awesome Inspirational Quotes with Pictures About Success and Determination
By Jeffrey I. Moore
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Success all depends on the second letter. It’s all in U!
My Status Wishes
March 2015
{Updated} 100 Best Whatsapp Status, Quotes And Ideas
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“Success” all depends on the second letter
Google Books
From the Corner to the Corner Office:
A Blueprint for Success
By James A. Barlow
Lulu Publishing Services (Lulu.ccm)
2016
Pg. 44:
Success depends on the second letter. —Anonymous
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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