success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone
no guts, no glory
notch up
fighting chance
prosperous
hardworking
untiring
industrious
tireless
you have to be good to be lucky
pull off
lean into
earn
ability
hardness
manage
apply oneself
positive thinking
diligence
juice is worth the squeeze
striving
go far
achieving
I got mine
when one's ship comes in
nothing succeeds like success
work out
ambition
ambitiousness
auspicious
workability
vain
bootless
fruitless
sleeveless
boss up
futile
sweet smell of success
put one's shoulder to the wheel
made
effectiveness
upcoming
sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
go for the gold
prosper
tew
hit the mark
successfully
purpose
determination
succedent
unlikely
beat the odds
fight off
unfulfilling
hard-won
odds-on
bear fruit
bust ass
God's work
marathonic
labour
drive
unfavourableness
determined
no mean feat
unfavorableness
triumph
frustrable
turn out
compulsive
driven
sweat out
bat a thousand
no-fail
succeed
success
you only get what you give
blood, sweat and tears
flourishingly
live the dream
the proof of the pudding is in the eating
pass
bitch goddess
come off
ambitious
bubble under
bootstrappy
fruition
gun for
unforced
natural
gainless
winnable
endwork
trifecta
unstrained