Quotes About Success

Talent? Overrated. Leadership? Underrated.

I agree when others say I am underrated as an actor... When you give super-hit films, then only you are considered as a good actor. At least, that is how it is there in our industry. I think you need to be successful to be appreciated.

Listen, I've been pretty fortunate. And if I've been underrated, it's actually been something I've been able to work with; I can surprise people. It sets me up to exceed expectations, so I don't mind.

I always would hear people say, 'Omarion is underrated,' or 'Omarion doesn't get the props he deserves,' and I always thought that was interesting because I have had a certain level of success.

Creative satisfaction is highly underrated. When you don't have it, the money doesn't spend nearly as well.

Everywhere I've gone, basketball-wise, I've been the underdog and underrated guy.

My whole life people underrated me.

Even if I win the belt, I'm going to be underrated. It is what is it.

I think it's one of the more underrated careers out there. A lot of times it wasn't the flashiest stuff, but I've gone out there, I've had great streaks, I won the light heavyweight belt.

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school - you'll be tested; we gotta pass it.

Accolades are there to congratulate you but also to make you understand that it's not over. You now have to continue trying to improve the craft and keep going. It's not something to rest on.

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.

I don't think a lot of people understand the situations I've been involved in and the way I grew up. I took myself away from it and made something out of a bad situation.

If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

In the world today many people rightfully feel entitled to have success and the good things in life, but they usually understand it will require sacrifice and hard work.

Parents and grandparents ought to understand the importance of making sure the next generation excels - and charter schools have proven extraordinarily successful nearly everywhere they've been tried.

I understand that people have aspirations, and everyone wants to play the lead role. But, I do believe that one must climb the ladder from the first step.

Event cinema is what it is, and I understand why it's successful. It started with things like 'Jaws,' which are extraordinary movies. But what we've lost are great character films which are beautifully directed and had great movie stars in them. Films that were about something rather than about spectacle.

When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understandable.

Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.

I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that's by going step by step.

The secret of success lies in realising one's mistake, understanding where one went wrong and taking steps to rectify that mistake.

The path to success isn't through my lizard brain, it's through high quality collaboration and making good stuff and understanding difficult situations fully enough to come up with good (or even great) solutions quickly.