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Success Quotes


"If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do."


"I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it."


"Just last week, I was successful in passing two bi-partisan amendments through the House of Representatives that aim to address the even larger problem of cracking down on countries who export the materials to create meth into the United States."


"I only went a year to high school. I should have been in high school, but I was in a band, and when you're successful doing that - well, you aren't too likely to go back."


"Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period."


"For each of us who appear to have had a successful experiment there are many to whom their own experiments seem barren and negative."


"The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen."


"You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success."


"I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught."


"The road to success is always under construction."


"The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success."


"Academic success depends on research and publications."


"To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate."


"Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor."


"I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful."


"Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success."


"There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career."


"I have a lot to learn about NASCAR. But I've learned if you have the right people in the right places doing the right things, you can be successful at whatever you do."



"My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg."


"I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility."


"This is how I define grace: you're on the main stage, and it looks like it has been rehearsed 100 times, everything goes so smoothly. That's where I get my confidence and success, from knowing that I have an edge because I know I'm prepared."


"The success of The Simpsons really opened doors. It showed that if you were working in animation you didn't necessarily have to be working in kids' television."


"We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century."


"The journey to success is easy if you know the road map and have persistence and perseverance."


"There are three reasons I failed. Not enough training. Not enough training. And not enough training."


"There are two steps to achieving your dreams. Believe you can do anything you put your mind to. Put your mind to it."


"The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people."


"The quick success was a bit strange to get used to."


"It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I can tell you, though: If they don't really want to build a company, they won't luck into it. That's because it's so hard that if you don't have a passion, you'll give up."


"I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference."


"No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him."


"Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds."
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