Today's success angel is from Armour Institute of Technology's 1918 yearbook.

"Everything has to be fun for success."  From The Australian Women's Weekly, 1963.

From Community Health by C. E. Turner, 1935.

"A little villainy can make you a big success!"  From Movie Classic, 1936.

"Success or ---!"  From The Lady's Realm magazine, 1901.

"If FAILURE could be spelled SUCCESS."  From Together, 1959.

From Woroni, 1993.

This news couldn't be timelier.  "Just a few more months and we'll reach the top."  Whew!  From Charleston Southern's 1972 yearbook.

Here's very important advice on how donning a banana costume, sitting in hot tubs, and not wearing sweatpants in public can save you from being a colossal failure.  From The Gateway, 2014.

Thanks to Jaybee for letting us know: "Your last video really, REALLY helped me. I was in tears. Seriously. I struggle with that. Very. Thing. A lot. But your video helped me remember that I’m not here to win a popularity contest."

"How long?  How long?  This heart-breaking monotony?  This wretched pay?"  From Popular Mechanics, 1934.

We're sometimes asked what sustains us.  We make do with "the flattery of an obscure success" (The Dream of the Lilybell by Henry Morley, 1845).

From The War Cry, 1920.