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Success Quotes



"We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish."


"They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?"


"Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success."



"Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success."


"Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall."


"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."


"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."


"Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently."


"Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person."


"No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate."



"And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was."


"The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you."



"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive."


"Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful."



"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment."


"What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S."


"The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes."


"The effectiveness of advertising depends on the amount and kind of product information available to consumers... advertising will be more successful the more impoverished the consumer's information environment."



"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."



"You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure."


"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."


"If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring."



"If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results."


"Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity."



"I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunities create can lead to work that has broad, worldwide impact."


"You know, a left-winger, the barrier to success if you're on the left in commercial radio is a mile and a half higher than it is if you're on the right."



"A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have."


"The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success."
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