Quotes About Success

The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come when you least expect it. Most people don't understand that.

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

I have worked without thinking of myself. This is the largest factor in whatever success I have attained.

Premature success gives one an almost mystical conception of destiny as opposed to will power-at its worst the Napoleonic delusion.

On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.

If you think that material success will bring you happiness, relationships, people, places, things, fame, fortune, you definitely should not practice tantra.

Remember that adversity presents us with numerous possibilities for success, if we are just willing to see them.

A man's high success requires a key; but his happiness needs personality to be low-key

Success is not easy. But it is worth the price.

Control success before it controls you.

A relentless focus on the outward markers of success can lead to complacency. It can make you lazy.

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue.

Careful, intelligent listening is a crucial step on the road to organizational success.

It's impossible to fail completely and it's impossible to succeed perfectly.

In order to create success and money in your life, your intent and focus must be clear. You can then let the universe take care of the details.

And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy.

I've gone through a lot of different phases on what I do and why I do it - morally and ethically. I've tortured myself about it, especially in dealing with success and money.

Without knowledge and a workable plan, you are gambling, with little or no chance of success.

My greatest fear is not your failure, but your success.

Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure.

Success is something you attract, by becoming an attractive person.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.

My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within.