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Success Quotes


"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."


"The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most."


"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success."


"Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."


"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."


"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."


"Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language."


"If you know what you want to do, as I always loved musicals, and then to have been lucky enough to be successful with them, I think that's all you can ask isn't it? I think I don't really think too much about it. I am a bit shy socially, yeah, I admit that."


"Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds."



"You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing."


"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."


"Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins."


"I wanted to be successful, not famous."


"Success would be a fairly boring and uninspiring dish if anybody could create it with a single ingredient, however difficult that ingredient was to find. No, success has several layers to its pallet. This is just the beginning."


"To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man."


"Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years."



"I'd like to feel that an advertiser gets something extra when they advertise with us - a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories."


"I think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful."


"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."


"The recording industry has changed; they're enjoying such incredible success in the pop field."


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


"One thing that success has taught me is censorship."


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


"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."


"Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone."


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


"Success is mainly the result of hard work."


"Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it."


"There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder."


"I'm a winner because I always bet on you."


"But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen."


"Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful."


"I know a lot of people who have tremendous commercial success and they go directly for it. There's something that has always been difficult about that for me."
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