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Success Quotes


"But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds."


"My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is."


"There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two."


"Integrity is the essence of everything successful."


"You do the work and you want people to see it; but, um while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't, I don't care whether the film is - you know - some big giant box-office bonanza and I don't care if its a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way."


"I'm going to keep making films I believe in. Whether I am successful or not is besides the point."


"Greatness is bought with time and so is financial prosperity."


"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."


"I am not successful, in terms of Hollywood."


"On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success."


"When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done."


"No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price."


"However anxious one is to reach one's goal, one can excuse delays on the route when these are caused by ovations."


"A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires."


"If you were to wake up tomorrow to a life where all your goals had been accomplished but had no memory of the work you put into succeeding, would you feel the happiness that you would have if you had completed your goals yourself? Probably not. Sure, perhaps you would live happily for a while given that you are suddenly living a dream life but in the long run something would be wrong. You wouldn't have learned the lessons you needed to maintain this new lifestyle. You see, the success is found in the journey, not the finish line. You need to learn the lessons that come with working hard, failing, trying again, and, eventually, succeeding at living the life you have always wanted."


"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!"


"That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race."


"One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation."


"No one can become successful for you. It takes personal definitions, personal decisions, personal convictions, personal actions and personal responsibility to succeed in life."


"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."


"At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success."


"Our success was mainly due to the fact that we stimulated the nerves of animals that easily stood on their own feet and were not subjected to any painful stimulus either during or immediately before stimulation of their nerves."


"A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them."


"The completion is always more difficult that the beginning."


"More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England's back forever and free Europe itself. It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international."


"To be real successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish; then resolve to pay the price to get it."


"No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him."


"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today."


"Our government is certainly going to fall like a rope of sand if unsupported by the moral fabric of God's Word. The moral structure in our country grew from Judeo-Christian roots. When those values are applied, they produce moral fruits. But if that structure disappears, the moral sentiment that shapes our nation's goals will disappear with it."


"Passion + Purpose = Prosperity."


"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."


"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year."


"For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights."
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