The Of Success Quotes

You can't forget about luck. There is nothing in life that says if you're great and unique that you're going to have success financially.

Success can be obviously a two way street.

I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more.

The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.

My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

It's not that often that you get to have a large commercial success and then have something that you want to do that you can excite people about.

You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication. There are no overnight success stories in the music business!

For me, success to me is waking up and doing what you're doing every day, whatever that looks like to me.

If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc.

The business man who gains success at the expense of the poor and miserable gains nil respect from his peers.

As for myself, I met with as much success as I ever could have wanted. In other words, I was enthusiastically run-down by every critic of the period.

Now, more than ever, I realize just how illusory my undeserved success has been. I still hold out some hope of doing better, but age and unhappiness have sapped my strength.

And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.

Success comes to the man who grits his teeth, squares his jaw and says, "There is a way for me and, by jingo, I'll find it".

I hadn't the personality to be a long-term Success.

I was very excited to meet Amanda Seyfried. She is one of the most humbling human beings you will ever meet. She deserves success.

Mainstream success is important - that's probably anathema to an indie publication like Pitchfork, but it's what I believe having experienced it personally.

I think the other thing that shaped me a little bit is that I really didn't have any success in music until my early to mid-30s.

I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.

With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.

It's easier to knock on a door that's not shut all the way.

Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so.

Money is the seal and stamp of success.

The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.

Determination, with an optimistic attitude is the key to success.

I would have taken the time to learn how to listen earlier. Learning about non-violent communication and how to take feedback has been integral to both my personal happiness and professional success.

My climb to political success was no elevator ride, and it has not always been pretty, but I persevered as one of a handful of women in the male-dominated world of politics.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

The True Measure Of Success is determined by your home life.

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.

It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.

Getting the best response from people is how I base my success.

The success of the movie industry comes from the story. And the story comes from somebody putting something down on paper.

Every athletic career, no matter how modest or lofty, is a journey.

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.

It's hard dealing with day to day disappointments and feeling like you can't find success. Especially when your best friend is Pixar.

Success is so fleeting, even if you get a good book deal or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: What about the next one?

Don't look at the superficial success, at the short-term success. Look at the deep spiritual questions that architecture has to answer. Who do you build for? Where? What should you build?

It's unbelievable, it never gets too old. The biggest goal in my career is winning Grand Slams. I don't have a great record in finals, but I'm getting closer to .500, which is nice.

I'm astonished by my success.

I always wanted to make this film or another film. I thought the worst thing you could do was to react to Slumdog's success in some way. I thought it would be really foolish.

I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.

Part of my success was having a place to play as a kid.

I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.

Earning success is hard. The process is laborious, tedious, sometimes even boring. Becoming wealthy, influential, and world-class in your field is slow and arduous.