Quotes About Success

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

To be ambitious for wealth, and yet always expecting to be poor, to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for, is like trying to reach east by traveling west. ... No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible.

When someone does something well, applaud I You will make two people happy.

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.

Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A (best-seller) is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively) for its well-knownness.

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well.

A good title is the title of a successful book.

A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.

Either you reach a higher point today, or you exercise your strength in order to be able to climb higher tomorrow.

My generation of Canadians grew up believing that, if we were very good or very smart, or both, we would some day graduate from Canada.

I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

Luck is infatuated with the efficient.

There is only one social responsibility of business - to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits without deception or fraud.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Net - the biggest word in the language of business.

Profitability is the sovereign criterion of the enterprise.

The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organize gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.

We measure success and depth by length and time, but it is possible to have a deep relationship that doesn't always stay the same.

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.

Character is that which can do without success.

If you would lift me you must be on a higher ground.

Anytime you play golf for whatever you've got, that's pressure. I'd like to see H.L. Hunt go out there and play for $3 billion.