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Success Quotes



"I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood."



"It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults."


"The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top."


"Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen."



"I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."



"We never expected the show to be this great. We think it is successful because kids can identify."


"You don't have to knock anyone off their game to win yours. It doesn't build you up to tear others down."


"It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid."


"People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success."


"The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better."


"Oh, look at that, he's heard of me. My fame grows."


"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."


"I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life."


"Choice is the grease in the gears of success."


"Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself."


"Review how you spend your money and time across all areas of your life, and judge for yourself whether your investment in your mind is right for the future you want."


"More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international."


"If your belief system, mission, values and attitude are poisoned or contaminated, then expect whatever you enjoy and perceive as success to be short-lived."


"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them."


"We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician."


"Persistence drives the achievement of the desired outcome for reality."


"As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement."


"To shape a dream well, understand that it is going to happen through processes in which your hands must get on board. It takes your own responsibility to get the best dream shape."


"That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself."


"I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without paying the price. It takes an attitude of hard work, commitment and purpose."



"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."
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