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Quotations on Success 1161 Quotes Found I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance. By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead. I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission. I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards. No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.' Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success. Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. People bitch about losing their anonymity and then get insulted when someone doesn't recognize them from whatever success they've had. I think if you want to become a great football player, professional, you must give all the time one hundred percent, you must work hard - to be lucky is a good thing - but if you work hard and you give everything you will have great success. Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match. The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent. People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great. After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception. Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences. Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success. Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see. My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg. The quick success was a bit strange to get used to. Success in war underpins the claims to greatness of many presidents. Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines, you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes. Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death. Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength. PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness. Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. People fall forward to success. One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. The whole of the hydrogen on the earth might be transformed at once and the success of the experiment published at large to the universe as a new star. The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that. Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road. If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America. With a group of bankers I always had the feeling that success was measured by the extent one gave nothing away. Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle. Every city across the country that has successfully renewed and revitalized itself points to a robust education system as its fundamental key to success. Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property. But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
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