Quotes About Success

I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There's no stopping. I didn't create the fame, the fame created me.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

I dropped out of NYU, moved out of my parent's house, got my own place, and survived on my own. I made music and worked my way from the bottom up.

Self-trust, we know, is the first secret of success.

I'm very happy that I have an Italian version, a French version, and then I have my own company, but I'm not obsessed by my name. Some people are, "Oh, my name," but I couldn't care less about my name. What I like is the job. The ego trip of that comes later.

Think big. Make a plan and stick to it, and you can do anything you want to do.

shrestha (SHRES·thuh) noun When a dream comes true—but not for the dreamer. Archaic;

You are filthy with your victory.

A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do.

La autoestima es fundamental en la conquista del éxito. Si no te gustas a ti mismo, ¿cómo pretendes gustar a los demás? De nada sirve cubrirse de oro o vestir ropas de calidad si la autoestima es baja. El problema es que nos han educado de una manera que nos pone difícil gustarnos a nosotros mismos. Nuestra estructura mental nos hace excesivamente críticos.

For some of these kids, the fact that they make it to school every day is an accomplishment.

Invest in yourself now and reap the dividends day after day after month after year.

Anything in life is possible if you make it happen.

There is nothing more satisfying than having plans.

Slowly, after dozens of rejection slips and failures and false starts and postponed dreams--what Langston Hughes called dreams deferred--I stepped onto the hallowed ground of being a published novelist, and then, fifteen years later, I started to make real money.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.

I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.

Gay culture is surviving and thriving. Some activists believe the recent rise in homophobic violence might be a gauge of the success of positive gay images.

You must expect failure after failure after failure before you succeed.

Ambition is but Avarice on stilts and masked.

Glory can be safely despised by those only who have fairly won it.

Merit has rarely risen of itself, but a pebble or a twig is often quite sufficient for it to spring to the highest ascent.

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.