Quotes About Success

I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.

I heard people saying they were going to become millionaires by the time they were 25 - that's gross and obnoxious, but in California it's looked on as an asset.

I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who have those obscene amounts of money and have obscene amounts of fame have awful lives. Really. I mean hideously compromised lives.

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.

We don't want it to be obscure music. We're not trying to be indie. We want to be popular.

Sometimes, you try something, and it works in terms of success. That doesn't mean you like what is a hit. Sometimes you like the most obscure song on your album.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

As authors, we're all trying to fight against obscurity and outside distractions, but it's a tough battle.

I own 'The New York Observer.'

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

When I was older and I first started working, I was obsessed with buying my first Chanel jacket. I saved up my hard-earned money, went to Barneys, and bought a little black Chanel jacket. It saw many, many job interviews and many, many events. I'm not fitting into it lately, but I still have it.

The Champions League mustn't be experienced like an obsession because, when you have an obsession, you never win!

Every little crazy dream that I had has come true, and more. And I'm always mindful that this is not a birthright, that one day I would have the chance to come to Augusta every year. Just a crazy, really, almost obsession for me.

I am an obsessive personality. And if you are an obsessive personality, you need to be aware of it and be able to drive it with success. There are moments in your life when you are driving it well, but you shift and you shift badly and you hurt yourself.

As an adult, the obsessive dynamics of self-employment meant it was impossible for me to take a break. What would happen if I disappeared for a week or two? I would be forgotten. Forever. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity would, doubtless, present itself - and I would miss the chance to seize it.

In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.

The fact that anyone lives in America is the single reason poverty is never a death sentence, and transforms it instead into - at worst - an obstacle on the path to a better life and road to freedom and success.

The secret in life is to make every obstacle into an opportunity.

That's where I'll get the love in my heart: from, the fact that little young guys can look at the obstacles that I had to go through to become a Hall of Famer and know it's not so bad when it comes to them trying to accomplish the same goal.

The road to success has to have obstacles because, at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

There are always going to be obstacles. I think the bigger your aspirations, the larger the obstacles.

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.

I never give up when I encounter obstacles in my way. I just continue going until I reach my career objectives.