success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone

proverb

Success is achieved by hard work, not by merely wishing for it.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. Success is achieved by hard work, not by merely wishing for it.
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APA

success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/success%20depends%20on%20your%20backbone%2C%20not%20your%20wishbone

MLA

“success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/success%20depends%20on%20your%20backbone%2C%20not%20your%20wishbone. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/success%20depends%20on%20your%20backbone%2C%20not%20your%20wishbone.

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