Quotes About Success

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

If you are afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful.

She has a winning smile. She wins, she always wins.

But just as an actor needed a breakout role to become a star, an architect needed a career-making project. And

In New York you've got to have all the luck.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Experience shows that success is due less to ability that to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul.

You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us.

Well we got 'em, it was a pretty good plan. Could say it was the greatest pla-

You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.

All I need is the opportunity,' I said confidently. He smiled. 'Seventeen's very young, and you look even younger.' I shrugged off-handedly. 'That's a question of make-up.' Karno laughed. That shrug, he told Sydney later, got me the job.

It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.

Go to law school if you want to be a lawyer. If you want to party, go get an MBA. The Rat

I'm fascinated by the journey that an intelligent and an ambitious woman makes in the professional world in contrast to the journey that a man of similar ambition, of similar intelligence makes. What sort of concessions does a woman have to make? Does she have to work 20 percent harder than a man?

Believe it or not, it's a question of honesty," he said. "If a person is clear about what they want to achieve, if they set about achieving that goal objectively and with precision, more often than not they will succeed.

successful firms do flourish by holding fast to fundamental values: sticking to the right path; taking the long-term view; and insisting always on quality and excellence.

Even though most investors see their work as active, assertive, and on the offensive, the reality is and should be that stock and bond investing alike are primarily a defensive process. The great secret for success in long-term investing is to avoid serious losses.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

Because to prepare is to win, they said to each other. And they made a banquet in this honor. (Car préparer, c'est déjà gagner, se dirent-ils. Et ils firent un banquet en cet honneur.)"

Money opens many doors.The door of the coffin, among others. (L'argent ouvre bien des portes. - Celle du cercueil entre autres.)

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.