Quotes About Success

Shopify has been a perpetually underestimated company at every point of its history.

When I booked 'Orange,' I thought things were going to change a little bit, and I'd be a little more busy, but obviously I underestimated it. I don't think anyone knew that my character would be taken to so well.

I have made a very good living, for more than 30 years, by being underestimated.

It's a great thing to be underestimated because it puts off your rival or enemy - they're not on their full game if they underestimate you.

To be underestimated is my biggest motivation.

A lot of people underestimated me, and I'm used to that.

And I'm used to being underestimated and I'm used to taking on tough fights and winning.

And I would say that the main thing that I faced as a female in this industry was being underestimated. But being underestimated isn't always a bad thing. It's nice to get out there and blow people's minds when they think you're not gonna be any good.

I'm the most underestimated lightweight in the world.

There's a big advantage in people underestimating you.

I've made several careers out of people underestimating me - it's almost an advantage worth cultivating.

The good thing about people underestimating models is that the bar is set so low, you tend to impress people more easily.

It's good that people are underestimating me. I'm the guy from Down Under, and I'm going to show them what's up.

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.

It's easy to say that he/she is a star kid and has had it easy in Bollywood, but being a star kid is the real pressure. You have to undergo a lot of pressure, as you are being constantly compared to your parents.

My undergraduate degree was in art history! Raising money for Chipotle was really my MBA. The money for my first restaurant came from my dad, the second from mostly cash flow. The third was an SBA loan. After my dad invested $1.5 million to open a few more, he suggested I raise the money myself for the experience.

Well, I have an undergraduate degree, a couple of bachelor's degrees, from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

My undergraduate studies at Brown and graduate degrees from Harvard prepared me for a multifaceted career as an actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

I'm an underground mix-tape artist who's had a level of commercial success.

It would be awesome to stay popular, but if I was only an underground artist, I would be okay with that.

One percent of all comics ever reach the level of a Chris Rock or a Jerry Seinfeld. When audiences come to the underground rooms, they have a chance to watch the process that happens along the way - and see the comedians grow.

I was an underground artist, but the underground status was successful. Coming from where I came from to see where rap is now, now artists are selling from a million to eight million copies.

When I was doing dancehalls, nobody was doing well in dancehalls. Dancehalls was not mainstream music that was blazing charts and knocking down barriers. This was an underground phenom.

Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'