You will find the key to success under your alarm clock.

The saying circulated in U.S. print sources by the early 1920s as a short motivational filler item, framed as advice to someone who feels discouraged. It later appeared in newspapers and a comic panel, and only decades afterward began being credited to Benjamin Franklin in quotation compilations and other venues.

It suggests that success depends on discipline and punctuality: if you can get yourself out of bed when the alarm rings and show up reliably, you have a foundational habit that enables achievement.

Note to Discouraged: You will find the key to success under your alarm clock.

POP SAYS YOU WILL OFTEN FIND THE KEY TO SUCCESS UNDER THE ALARM CLOCK

Not to "Discouraged": You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.