Quotes About Success

Getting what you want is a serious matter. It is far more transformative than frustration.

Success actually requires more than virtuosity. It calls for perseverance, marketing, attention to detail, and more than a little luck.

Relentless criticism in childhood can internalize a parental scorn that no amount of success will silence.

I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got famous, it just got me into more trouble.

There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

Recognize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold moves which, by definition, cannot be planned.

The Roaring Eighties were a new gilded age, where winning was celebrated at all costs.

Capitalism stands its trial before judges who have the sentence of death in their pockets. They are going to pass it, whatever the defense they may hear; the only success victorious defense can possibly produce is a change in the indictment.

Success in the pulpit can be the force that leads a preacher from prayerful dependence on the Spirit.

Neglect of prayer signals serious deficiencies in a ministry even if other signs of success have not diminished. We must always remember that popular acclaim is not necessarily the same as spiritual effectiveness. The

I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.

Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything, and in this lies the great distinction between great man and little man. - Thomas Fuller

We cannot predict how God will work, only that he will succeed.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.

In my opinion, the key internal element in Rome's success or failure was the economic well-being of its taxpayers. This was because the empire relied for its security on a professional army, which in turn relied on adequate funding.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.

Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.

A life of success comes from seeking a life of beauty.