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Success Quotes

"New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation."

"New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation."

Ernst Mayr, German Scientist

Success, Successful, Evolution

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"Success is the most important to many, to me it's just a bonus."

"Success is the most important to many, to me it's just a bonus."

Lucas Grabeel, American Actor

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"As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference."

"As I said to Ringo, I was in a successful Rock N Roll band. He was in a band that changed the world. That's the difference."

Greg Lake, British Musician

Success, Successful, Difference, World

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"What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives."

"What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives."

Oprah Winfrey, American Entertainer

Success, Life, People, Ability

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"The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication."

"The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication."

Michael Faraday, English Scientist

Success, Communication, Discrimination, Innovation

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"One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid."

"One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid."

James D. Watson, American Scientist

Success, Successful, Contrast, Mothers, Newspapers

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"It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?"

"It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them?"

Zac Hanson, American Musician

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"George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river."

"George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river."

George Foreman, American Athlete

Success, Mystery

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"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."

"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."

Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese Soldier

Success, War, Expectation

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"The success and the failure are not my concern, but His."

"The success and the failure are not my concern, but His."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

Success, Failure, Concern

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"You always pass failure on your way to success."

"You always pass failure on your way to success."

Mickey Rooney, American Actor

Success, Failure

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"When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want."

"When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want."

Randy Bachman, Canadian Musician

Success, Successful, Pretty, Want

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"Success is the sum of details."

"Success is the sum of details."

Harvey S. Firestone, American Businessman

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"So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad."

"So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good, is just as important as how you deal with bad."

Brett Favre, American Athlete

Success, Deals, Play, Saying

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"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Success, Money, Bed, Man

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"Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful."

"Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

Success, Successful, Adversity, Order

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"Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it."

"Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it."

Matthew Perry, American Actor

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"I think you can learn as much from success as you can from failure."

"I think you can learn as much from success as you can from failure."

Corey Hart, Canadian Musician

Success, Failure

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"Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do."

"Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do."

Sarah Caldwell, American Celebrity

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"It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there."

"It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there."

Roland Emmerich, German Director

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"My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain."

"My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made in Britain."

Simon Cowell, British Entertainer

Success, Achievement, Artists

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"When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person."

"When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

Success, Public, Temperament

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"It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success."

"It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success."

Charlotte Whitton, Canadian Politician

Success, Failure

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"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."

"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it."

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish Inventor

Success, Power, Man, Mind, State

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"I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision."

"I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision."

J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer

Success, Decision, First, Rest

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"Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider."

"Because I have success, it doesn't mean I'm part of the mainstream. I'm still an outsider."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

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"For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward."

"For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward."

Jim Rohn, American Businessman

Success, Effort, Reward

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"Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the '60s - well, I was frankly surprised by the show's success and the attendant publicity for David and myself."

"Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the '60s - well, I was frankly surprised by the show's success and the attendant publicity for David and myself."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Success, Man, Publicity

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"Action is the foundational key to all success."

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Success, Action, Key

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"Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling."

"Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Success, Obsessed, Goals, Achievement

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

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

Joyce Brothers, American Psychologist

Success, Failure

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"Fame and fortune await the few with the faith to fall forward despite frustrating failures."

"Fame and fortune await the few with the faith to fall forward despite frustrating failures."

Orrin Woodward, American Author

Success, Faith, Failure, Courage

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"He loved his job. What was advertising, anyway, but a knowledge of people and of which buttons to push to nudge them into opening their wallets?It was, he often though, an accepted, creative, even expected twist on picking those wallets. For a man who had spent the first half of his life as a thief, it was the perfect career."

"He loved his job. What was advertising, anyway, but a knowledge of people and of which buttons to push to nudge them into opening their wallets?It was, he often though, an accepted, creative, even expected twist on picking those wallets. For a man who had spent the first half of his life as a thief, it was the perfect career."

Nora Roberts, American Author

Success, Career, Behavior, Knowledge, Creativity

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"I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips."

"I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be a piece of cake and it really wasn't. I have drawers full of - or I did have - drawers full of rejection slips."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

Success, Thought, Rejection, Right

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"I am a one success man."

"I am a one success man."

Tom Baker, British Actor

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"It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people."

"It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people."

Bo Bennett, American Businessman

Success, People, Successful

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"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."

"She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong."

Mae West, American Actress

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"Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough."

"Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough."

Gail Sheehy, American Writer

Success, People, Successful, Self

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"If you want to achieve success, there cannot be a Plan B."

"If you want to achieve success, there cannot be a Plan B."

John Patrick Hickey, American Author

Success, Determination, Focus, Effort

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"Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing to well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful."

"Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing to well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful."

Dan DeCarlo, American Cartoonist

Success, Successful

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"You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term."

"You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term."

Saku Koivu, Finnish Athlete

Success, Successful

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"When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes."

"When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes."

Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor

Success, Result, Worth

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"Small things done consistently in strategic places create major impact."

"Small things done consistently in strategic places create major impact."

Marie Forleo, American Entrepreneur

Success, Consistency

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"Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece."

"Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece."

Brenda Holloway, American Musician

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"Banking on success is to spur personal growth."

"Banking on success is to spur personal growth."

Sravani Saha Nakhro, Indian Author

Success, Personal, Motivational, Growth

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"I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds."

"I think all of us certainly believed the statistics which said that probably 88% chance of mission success and maybe 96% chance of survival. And we were willing to take those odds."

Alan Shepard, American Astronaut

Success, Survival, Chance, Mission

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"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown."

"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown."

Ross Perot, American Businessman

Success, People, Winning

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

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

James Daly, American Actor

Success, People

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"At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further."

"At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further."

Franz Beckenbauer, German Athlete

Success, Positive, Anticipation, World

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"If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed."

"If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed."

Arthur Lydiard, New Zealander Athlete

Success, Successful, Endurance, Thinking, Want

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