Quotes About Success

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on your way down.

committed to finding a Bible-based church and being an active member in fellowship with other believers. And until Jesus comes, nothing is going to take me out. Then live by it. You will be successful as a follower of Jesus and ready for His return.

Many successful people in the world are hard-hearted and self-centered. We see that behavior far too often. When you know Jesus, He guarantees eternal life for you. But if you really know and obey Him, you will serve a higher purpose than yourself and will treat others with love and compassion.

But in the end, God's standard lasts for eternity, and He judges and separates. He is a just God. It doesn't matter how much money you make, what you look like, how smart or talented you are, or what status you hold. If you know Jesus, live for Him, and treat others with love, you will have everything you need for success on earth—and in heaven. All things will be fully revealed and rewarded.

There are no right and wrong ways to work in this business, but there are some basic common-sense practices. Work very, very hard and always be prepared never give up and once you get the job, give them more than they ever expected: - Shine!

I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.

T)here are worse things than falling on your face right out of college...Like instant, unearned success. Like getting your first novel accepted by the first publisher you send it to. Like getting your first rejection slip at the age of thirty-five.

As Christopher Reeve once said, so many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

The Wilma Rudolph Foundation is still in existence and works with thousands of young people every year.

I touch the fuzzy letter I. The pins he's earned for varsity and captain. This is what we care about. How many pins we have. We want to be MVPs. The most valuable of all. What's so wrong with that? It's stupid, Beth would say. That's what's wrong with it.

There will always be some who see excellence and envy it instead of striving to emulate it.

that proposal: Purpose + Passion + Action = Peace of Mind.

Successful people are willing to do things that unsuccessful people are not willing to do.

Success doesn't depend on your past or your present. Success begins when you are willing to do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

Continually setting goals and striving to achieve them is what makes life worthwhile!

What allows genius to flower is not neurosis but its opposite... ordinary Sunday-school virtues such as tenacity and above all the ability to survive disappointment.

In the end, [Sonia] Sotomayor had been in the right place at the right time for the right president. She had the tickets and the people: Princeton, Yale, Morgenthau, Calabresi. Fortified by the dreams of her mother, her personal smarts, and intense determination, Sotomayor had defied predictions from her youth.

As [Sonia] Sotomayor wrote in her autobiography, once she set herself on the path of a legal career, 'I saw no reason to stint on ambition.

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.

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.

Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much.

As for the other little amenities — yes, the lady lets the man light her cigarette, help her on with her coat, and open the door for her. Even if he's the boss. Manners are manners, and success doesn't mean that a woman has to forgo the courtesies that make life easy and pleasant.

preoccupation with fantasies of success; exhibitionism and insatiable attention-getting maneuvers;