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Success Quotes


"I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine."


"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause."


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


"Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else."


"Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!"


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


"Talent and work ethic are nothing without belief."


"Success is a path of setbacks, passion, purpose and inner strength."


"Success needs no authorization, yet failure requires permission."



"We've been probably to some degree too successful."


"To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients' best interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest expectations."


"The primary factor in a successful attack is speed."


"Your successful past will block your visions of the future."


"Every failure is an experience builder and a stepping stone towards success."


"Authenticity is hard to fake."


"Coal mines, like a hard life, have seen the best diamonds of innovation, more than any jewel factory."


"Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person."


"For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity."


"Make adjustments and improvements to enhance the effectiveness of meetings or surpassing of your target. Learn to define, quantify and be specific about what, how and when you want to succeed in each area of your life."


"Be happy when people envy you, you are on the right path."


"The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future."


"So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire. It's been extremely successful."


"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"


"There's a picture of Christopher and the real Ken Titus and myself in my dressing room. He's a great guy, by the way. I just think the real Ken is just super. And he's so happy for his son's success."


"I'm very aware that to reach the same level and have the same amount of success will be extremely difficult."


"I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success."


"We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina."


"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."


"Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success."


"I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back."
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