Success Quotes

"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain."

"A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."

"A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success."

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

"Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches."

"All men's gains are the fruit of venturing."

"Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom."

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."

"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc."

"Anybody who succeeds is helping people. The secret to success is find a need and fill it; find a hurt and heal it; find a problem and solve it."

"Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success."

"As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth."

"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it."

"Because the theory of quantum mechanics could explain all of chemistry and the various properties of substances, it was a tremendous success. But still there was the problem of the interaction of light and matter."

"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success."

"Diligence is the mother of good fortune."

"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."

"Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility."

"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."

"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem."

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."

"Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening."

"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success."

"Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success."

"Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work."

"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success."

"Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy."

"For me, success is a state of mind. I feel like success isn't about conquering something; it's being happy with who you are."

"For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?"

"For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."

"Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil."

"Fortune befriends the bold."

"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."

"Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe."

"From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you."

"He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much."

"Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist."

"How does one measure the success of a museum?"

"I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling."

"I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism."

"I believe that one key to success is to accept truth, no matter how it's spoken."

"I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us."

"I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome."

"I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me."

"I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed."

"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."

"I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission."