Success Quotes

Small: When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about
"When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb"
J. Robert Oppenheimer, Physicist
Small: Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other peo
Barbara Bush
"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way"
Barbara Bush, First Lady
Small: Success is a consequence and must not be a goal
Gustave Flaubert
"Success is a consequence and must not be a goal"
Gustave Flaubert, Novelist
Small: Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you.
Andrew Carnegie
"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"
Andrew Carnegie, Businessman
Small: There is little success where there is little laughter
Andrew Carnegie
"There is little success where there is little laughter"
Andrew Carnegie, Businessman
Small: I think its like, you know, you cant get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opport
"I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now"
Zachary Quinto, Actor
Small: Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support
"Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets"
Victor Kiam, Businessman
Small: Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the spec
"Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the specifically technical sense of entering spaces where prevailing criteria of success scarcely apply"
Brian Ferneyhough, Composer
Small: Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house o
"Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success"
John McDonald, Leader
Small: Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts
"Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts"
Donny Osmond, Musician
Small: I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise
"I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise"
Jessica Savitch, Journalist
Small: Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two
"Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two"
Navjot Singh Sidhu, Entertainer
Small: For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success objec
"For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object"
Warren Farrell, Writer
Small: Without Arthurs voice, I never would have enjoyed that success
Paul Simon
"Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success"
Paul Simon, Musician
Small: I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism.
"I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now"
Peter McWilliams, Writer
Small: Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it
"Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it"
Sam Ewing, Athlete
Small: I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain
"I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well"
Patrick Stewart, Actor
Small: Success cant be forced
"Success can't be forced"
Loretta Young, Actress
Small: I still havent come to grips with our success
Michael Hutchence
"I still haven't come to grips with our success"
Michael Hutchence, Musician
Small: But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success
"But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success"
Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant
Small: I dont think success arrives and youre suddenly happy. Its not like that. If people think that theyll be very
Michael Hutchence
"I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed"
Michael Hutchence, Musician
Small: To me, success is choice and opportunity
"To me, success is choice and opportunity"
Harrison Ford, Actor
Small: The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give
"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up"
Jean Cocteau, Director
Small: Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to carry it off.
"Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to "carry it off.""
Donald Rumsfeld, Politician
Small: I thought Id be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris
David Geffen
"I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris"
David Geffen, Businessman
Small: You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your object
"You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?"
W. Clement Stone, Businessman
Small: Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it
"Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it"
Cardinal Richelieu, Clergyman
Small: I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have
Jim Carrey
"I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
Small: Ive learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success
Jack Welch
"I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success"
Jack Welch, Businessman
Small: If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot
"If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress"
Calvin Coolidge, President
Small: Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become
"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming"
John Wooden, Coach
Small: Success is never final, failure is never fatal. Its courage that counts
"Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts"
John Wooden, Coach
Small: The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mi
"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"
James Allen, Author
Small: For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
"For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?"
James Allen, Author
Small: The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed
"The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed"
Charles de Secondat, Philosopher
Small: It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeke
Max Planck
"It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him"
Max Planck, Scientist
Small: Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming"
John Wooden, Coach
Small: Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying
"Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying"
W. Clement Stone, Businessman
Small: Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning expe
"Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again"
W. Clement Stone, Businessman
Small: Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselv
"Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met"
W. Clement Stone, Businessman