Quotes About Success

El éxito es la capacidad de seguir adelante, de fracaso en fracaso, sin perder el entusiasmo.

You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt, her aunt had once told her. And when you get where you're going, you darn well better look great!

Ernesto gritted his teeth. New Yorkers, he wagered. They want what they want. The only reason their Red Bulls soccer team was having any success on the world stage was that they'd pilfered one of Europe's best coaches.

Nothing can stop us now.

If we want to be the best company for our customers and investors, we must first be the best company for our employees.

The headhunter, generally paid by commission only, must place his applicant somewhere, and soon. He is motivated by a successful placement, rather than by a successful matching of individual talent to companies.

Goal setting is the strongest force for human motivation. Set a goal and make it come true.

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

lofty dreams in the distant future are a difficult burden to carry. The best goals may be those you can handle in the next week, the next day, the next hour, or the next step; create a process that yields many small successes." "Many

An overnight success usually takes about ten years. — Anonymous

No task is too formidable when you divide your goals into small, realistic steps and prepare well.

Then act—because success always boils down to this: Know your adversaries; then apply your will.

You focused on the goal, not on the obstacle. This is how we face our lives.

The secret of success in life: Prepare for opportunity when it comes. —Benjamin Disraeli

If you became wealthy and would nevertheless spend some of your time doing just what you now do for a living, you are fortunate indeed.

Do you think it's ready? I [Silenus, The Poet] asked. It's perfect... a masterpiece. Do you think it'll sell? I asked. No fucking way.

Poco después del enorme éxito de La mujer de blanco, se me preguntó cuál era el secreto de mi éxito; yo, modestamente, le dije a mi interlocutor: 1. Busca una idea central. 2. Idea unos personajes. 3. Deja que los personajes desarrollen los incidentes. 4. Empieza la historia por el principio.

Their three approaches fail but somehow the story itself succeeds, despite its narrator's and even author's failures!

During this time I quit attending classes at the university, and my grades rose from four Fs to three Bs and an A.

Writers were among my acquaintances but, as in all times, we tended to mistrust and badmouth each other, secretly resenting the others' successes and finding fault in their work. Each of us knew in his or her heart that he or she was a true artist of the word who merely happened to be commercial; the others were hacks.

Resentment is one burden that is incompatible with your success. Always be the first to forgive; and forgive yourself first always.

If you always work with good, dedicated people, both above and below you, then you will learn to thrive in an environment of excellence.

The road to success is paved with mistakes well handled.

Give a good idea to a mediocre team, and they'll find a way to screw it up. Give a mediocre idea to a good team, and they'll find a way to make it better. The goal needs to be to get the team right, get them moving in the right direction, and get them to see where they are making mistakes and where they are succeeding.