Quotes About Success

Can you realize what success for me will mean to literally thousands of people? For I am not alone in this affliction. It may mean new hope and life to so many people. I think we (the doctors and I) are fighting this the right way--make the body fit the soul, rather than vice versa. For me, it is the heart, the look in the eyes, tone of voice, and the way one thinks that makes the real person.

Anyone who wears a tiara and sequins is always going to be the winner.

A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you have already not gone far enough. If everybody laughs, you have failed.

Life in Britain had seemed like one long antechamber to a room that had too many barriers to entry; here in the USA it seemed to be true that if you dared to give things 'your best shot' then the other much-used phrases like 'land of opportunity' would kick in as well.

A high moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

I think', said Sally, 'it must be marvellous to be a novelist. You're frightfully dreamy and unpractical and unbusinesslike, and people imagine they can fairly swindle you as much as they want - and then you sit down and write a book about them which fairly shows them what swine they all are, and it's the most terrific success and you make pots of money.

In a society in which the dream of success has been drained of any meaning beyond itself, men have nothing against which to measure their achievements except the achievements of others.

It appears that the prostitute, not the salesman, best exemplifies the qualities indispensable to success in American society.

That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.

For it is written that if the wise man appears always stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

Success in America doesn't require any special talent or any kind of extra effort. You just have to be consistent and not fuck up. That's how most people fail. They can't stand the pressure of getting what they want, so when they see that they are getting close they engineer some sort of fuckup to undermine their success.

You see, my plan is working. For it is written that 'if the wise man always appears stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

if the wise man always appears stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

For it is written that 'if the wise man always appears stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant surprise.

Congratulations, you've just been promoted!

He had reached his goal. He had climbed the unclimbable mountain

Victory is victory, dead is dead, however it is achieved.

Los logros de los hijos son una muestra de la educación que recibieron de sus padres.

Amour, famille, succès - tôt ou tard, tout sera détruit, il n'en restera rien. à quoi bon lutter ? - Ce qui compte, c'est d'agir. La vie ne vaut rien quand tu renonces à changer ton sort et à la vivre.

Notre destin est de rendre possible l'impossible, d'accomplir de hauts faits en méprisant la peur.

If she kept putting in the effort, it had to do some good.

First is the worst, second is the same, last is the best in any old game.

gratefulness is an attitude that underlies successful functioning over the life course.

Of course, perseverance does not guarantee success, but success is often unattainable without it.