Quotes About Success

Never use limitations as an excuse for mediocrity.

how do we learn to accept and forgive those who have both succeeded and failed in helping us become who we are?

No matter how much damage he had done, he hadn't won.

excitement of it. He'd been the golden boy

I did learn fairly early that the best and most effective way to lead is by letting people do things because they want to do them, not because you want them to. The best leaders also know when they are wrong, and are capable of pulling themselves out. And the best leaders enable others to make decisions for them. Let me rephrase that. Much ofLinux's success can be attrib­uted to my own personality flaws: 1) I'm lazy; and 2) I like to get credit for the work of others.

Irresponsible is only irresponsible if you fail. Succeed, however; and irresponsible quickly becomes merely unorthodox.

Winners never quit, quitters never win

being a math genius doesn't necessarily translate to financial gain. Lots of geniuses die poor.

go one of two ways—an underachieving drunk or an overachieving workaholic. Since

Aiming at giving our kids a competitive edge in a consumer society - that, in principle, is a goal that is limitless.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

I am proud that my humble attempts to predict Tuesday's prices on Monday are an indispensable component of our society. By buying low and selling high, I create harmony and freedom.

An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.

There is an excellent correlation between giving society what it wants and making money, and almost no correlation between the desire to make money and how much money one makes.

Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at the feet of the successful orator?

I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society.

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.

The goal of society in general is to succeed in the world, whereas the goal of enlightenment is to transcend beyond it.

In a free society, you get what you celebrate.

The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.

Successful guilt is the bane of society

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.

Show me a first-generatio n fortune and I'll show you a successful partnership between a talented individual and society's invisible venture capitalist, the commons.