Succeed Quotes

"A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed"

Ben Stein, Actor

"It takes a lot more energy to fail than to succeed, since it takes a lot of concentrated energy to hold on to beliefs that don't work"

Jerry Gillies, Author

"We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs"

Stephen Harper, Politician

"If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed"

David Viscott, Psychologist

"Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men"

George Jean Nathan, Editor

"The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future"

Philip Emeagwali, Scientist

"It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it - which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years"

Peter Lynch, Businessman

"I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own"

Sheryl Sandberg, Businessman

"You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life"

Lynn Davies, Athlete

"In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option"

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Politician

"The Hispanic community understands the American Dream and have not forgotten what they were promised - that in the U.S., a free market system, allows us all to succeed economically, achieve stability and security for your family and leave your children better off than yourselves"

Marco Rubio, Politician

"I must firmly adhere to the views I have held and practice, that Socialism to succeed must be practical, tolerant, cohesive and consciously compromising with Progressive forces running, if not so far, in parallel lines towards its own goal"

John Burns, Activist

"We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people, of every background, to succeed and prosper. Under this approach, the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds"

Paul Ryan, Politician

"You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare"

John McCain, Politician

"I told them, you can succeed - it's not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams"

Anatoli Boukreev, Athlete

"The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves"

Robert Burton

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed"

Booker T. Washington, Educator

"Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again"

Seamus Heaney, Poet

"To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed"

Ernest Renan, Philosopher

"No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life"

Ernest Renan, Philosopher

"You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future"

An Wang, Businessman

"There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not as beautifully simple as it may seem when we are talking about it"

Lakhdar Brahimi, Public Servant

"I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view"

Michael York, Actor

"If men do not now succeed in abolishing war, civilization and mankind are doomed"

Ludwig von Mises, Economist

"Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed"

Harri Holkeri, Politician

"It's not enough to succeed. Others must fail"

Gore Vidal, Novelist

"It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed"

Harvey S. Firestone, Businessman

"I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself"

Henry Kravis, Businessman

"I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail and commonplace if you succeed"

Christopher Hampton, Playwright

"The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster"

Ernst Fischer, Writer

"It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period"

Bill O'Reilly, Journalist

"I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band"

Lawrence Welk, Musician

"If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own"

Lukas Foss, Composer

"It is education that will arm us with the tools that will enable us to succeed and put a stop to the rising rates of preventable death"

Christy Turlington, Model

"There are a lot of things that go into creating success. I don't like to do just the things I like to do. I like to do things that cause the company to succeed. I don't spend a lot of time doing my favorite activities"

Michael Dell, Businessman

"If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier"

Leo Szilard, Scientist

"If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed"

Juliana Hatfield, Musician

"If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart"

George A. Romero, Director

"As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace"

Rene Cassin, Judge

"This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours"

Harry Reid, Politician

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