Quotes About Success

What is the use of acquiring one's heart's desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one's friends, and gather an anthology of envy and admiration?

Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.

The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.

When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.

Good taste is synonymous with success in all fields of life. It's not a question of money, but of a trained eye.

Success is like pumping an old well handle. You have to pump a very long time before you get water. But don't give up or you will have to start all over again.

Success is not something you own; it's something you rent, and the rent is due every day. When you stop paying rent on success, you start paying the rent on failure.

Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall far short of your potential.

The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then to copy him in every detail, except his mistakes.

Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward. They're just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.

Success has a lot of different plateaus. But I first felt really proud of myself when I was doing an off-Broadway production in New York City.

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.

Success is good for the character.

I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.

In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.

It is more important to be of service than successful.

The greedy search for money or success will almost always lead men into unhappiness. Why? Because that kind of life makes them depend upon things outside themselves.

The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.

If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and management because it is over the full season and you have a lot of problems you have to overcome.

That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries.

Success means to wake up, grow up, and show up, living your unique self, giving your unique gifts to the larger evolutionary symphony of life which needs your music.

As soon as I did my first five minutes of stand-up I knew that I would rather be a failure at comedy than a success in marketing.