Motivation & Success: Success Quotes

"When you're successful, you have to make sure you're surrounded by people that are successful too"

Cardi B, Musician

"Success is never final. You have to keep working, keep learning, and keep pushing"

Kirsty Coventry, Athlete

"I didn't want to be the best in Zimbabwe. I wanted to be the best in the world"

Kirsty Coventry, Athlete

"I never imagined I could become famous. I just wanted to make people laugh"

Khaby Lame, Celebrity

"The moment you think you've arrived, you're wrong"

Mike Vrabel, Coach

"I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success"

Natasha Lyonne, Actress

"I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back"

Jerry Moran, Politician

"Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success"

Maude Adams, Actress

"The best people to listen to are those who have already been successful accomplishing exactly what you are seeking to accomplish"

Brian Koslow

"It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream"

Tony Oliva, Athlete

"Everything I touch turns to gold"

Pete Waterman, Producer

"I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success"

Billy Sheehan, Musician

"I have got two reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them"

Betty Grable, Actress

"It is the American way to reward ability"

Judd Gregg, Politician

"I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything"

Jerry Rice, Athlete

"I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one"

Jean Gabin, Actor

"Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement"

Claude M. Bristol, Writer

"I've always had a will to succeed, to win, however you phrase it"

Jack K. Cooke, Businessman

"Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things"

Joshua Lederberg, Scientist

"As the universe accepted our show, more people began to accept me"

Jai Rodriguez, Actor

"Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves"

Larry King, Entertainer

"No one could have ever dreamed about how well the show would do"

Sean Hayes, Actor

"It wasn't success because Teller and I, by the time Asparagus Valley got together - within a year, we had achieved all our goals. I mean, our goal was to earn our living doing exactly what we wanted. which is many people's goal"

Penn Jillette, Entertainer

"And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success, but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was"

Rube Goldberg, Cartoonist

"But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do"

Deana Carter, Musician

"You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going"

Budd Schulberg, Writer

"The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band"

Paul Stanley, Musician

"I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince me that I am not on the wrong track"

Pieter Zeeman, Physicist

"Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success"

Gertrude Himmelfarb, Historian

"I have gone from being a 21-year-old with wide eyes to a 24-year-old woman. With success comes a lot of responsibility and power"

Vanessa Carlton, Musician

"If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself"

Mike Weir, Athlete

"That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun"

Monica Seles, Athlete

"I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it"

Valerie Harper, Actress

"For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies"

Joan Chen, Actress

"Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it"

Mary J. Blige, Musician

"It would be nice to garner new fans and make it a success - and success is relevant, we already know all that"

Juice Newton, Musician

"I'm really fortunate that I've had some mega hits"

Juice Newton, Musician

"People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success"

Tony Levin, Musician

"Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it"

Luther Allison, Musician

"It's a good question because to be believable is the only way that you could be successful"

Tanya Tucker, Musician

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