Quotes About Success

Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product.

I think that I have a seriousness of purpose, a lot of support, and a healthy amount of good fortune.

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

Because the better an organization is at fulfilling its purpose, the more it attracts people who see the organization as an opportunity to advance themselves.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who are very successful in business, in politics and religion. What are they? They tell purposeful stories. They move people to action by aiming at the heart.

High school dropouts are forfeiting their opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

Dream up big, hairy, audacious goals that you are passionate about and pursue them relentlessly. You have to begin with the end goal in mind, knowing that a goal is a dream with a deadline.

Celebrity is not something I consciously pursue.

The idea that you have to pursue greatness... it's up to you; it's your life.

I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding was that I was lucky enough to be able to go to college and that it's important to being successful in life.

Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.

'Mamma Mia' and 'Dallas' have proved to me that the things you dream about can happen. I don't ask myself, 'How did I get here?' but instead, 'I deserve to be here. I was right to think this would happen.' I'm a firm believer in the power we have in our minds to want something and pursue it in a sane and focused way.

I moved from Denmark to America. I left my family. I left my school. I left my friends. And it was basically to pursue my career, and I didn't know if it was going to work out. So that was very scary to leave everything and just put everything into a whole new thing where you don't know if you're going to make it or not. But I think I'm doing good.

What I have learnt is that it is important to pursue your passion more than your legacy; if you have a passion with a purpose, then everything else fits in.

I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes.

Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.

Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.

I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally.

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.

In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation.

When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?

It often happens that the man who pursues the dollar too diligently finds it hard to catch, but if he will pursue some other and better goal, dollars come around to see what sort of fellow he is.