Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

Enthusiasm and misplaced belief can take you a long way.

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.

Determination gets you a long way.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.