Quotes About Success

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people.

So today's talk was about achieving childhood dreams," I said. "But did you figure out the head fake?" I paused. The room was quiet. "It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

Luck is what happens, when preparation meets opportunity

So many graduating seniors have this notion that they should be hired because of their creative brilliance. Too many are unhappy with the idea of starting at the bottom. My advice has always been: "You ought to be thrilled you get a job in the mailroom. And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.

It just proves that if you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

As I see it, if you work more hours than somebody else, during those hours you learn more about your craft. That can make you more efficient, more able, even happier. Hard work is like compounded interest in the bank. The rewards build faster. The same is true in your life outside of your job.

Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can

Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them—even if someone has practically had to throw you over—it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

than coasting along as a self-impressed elitist behind a desk.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." The Last Lecture

The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us the chance to show how badly we want something.

If you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered). Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them—even if someone has practically had to throw you over—it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

I kept my mantra in mind: The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. the brick walls are there to give us chance to show how badly we want something.

brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.

Hard work is like compounded interest in the bank. The rewards build faster.

The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.

About The Last Lecture) It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

Luck is what happens when preparation meet opportunity

it's not about how to achieve your dreams. it's about how to lead your life. if you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. the dreams will come to you.

One of the releases of chemicals triggering good feelings is at that moment of triumph when we learn something or master a task.

Great people are those who make great effort to achieve innovative ideas against great opposition and great forces, and succeed in the shaping of history.

Life offers very few short cuts. The rest is hard work.

Curiosity is an engine of success.

Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.