Quotes About Success

My dream was always to be on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated.'

And as I'm leaving, my mother has the housekeeper hand me a shopping bag of food. I could win a bloody Oscar for a film someday, and my mother would still be asking me if I had enough clean clothes for the week.

By definition, a mentor shows you the ropes, offers feedback, and provides strategies for success—all very good stuff.

You'll see the "going big" theme running through everything I talk about in this section, as well as the rest of the book. You may be just

You want your efforts to pay off. You are hoping that your hard work and go-big-or-go-home undertakings will lead to a terrific promotion or fabulous new job up the ladder. In other words, you want the success you've been gunning for. So

by researching, talking to people, etc.), and see which area not only fits well but also could pay off.

Does your boss listen? Give clear instructions and challenge you to really go for it? Inspire you? Praise what you do well? Critique you fairly? If yes, good for you! This is going to make it easier for you to succeed. But if you've been handed a bad boss, don't despair. A

as long as you end up with the opportunities and credit you need. You

Let's say you ask your boss if you can travel to an annual industry convention, and she says yes. You end up making some key contacts who down the road introduce you to others. That's a compound effect.

AMBITION IS NEVER content, even at the summit of greatness," Napoleon declared.

There is one thing alone to do in this world and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power," Napoleon said.15 He

So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on.

What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes, and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

So just keep a-goin'-you can win. It's when you stop that you're done.

I have actually five honorary degrees.

We had maybe the greatest success of any company that I know of in Paris, and after two or three years I wanted to do this same number that we did for PBS, so we did it and Paris had always considered us their darlings.

I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it."