Quotes About Success

Genius consists of equal parts of natural aptitude and hard work.

People talk about the businesses of the future needing to be more agile and more responsive if they are to be successful. But this requires a deep change in the way organisations work.

I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.

You better get as much work as you can now because, once you get over 40, it's over.

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.

Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success.

I just would like to keep going. If I kept getting the kind of work that I've been getting for the last 20 years for the next 20, I'd be a bloody Dame of the British Empire. I'd be so happy.

I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.

Being an entrepreneur does require commitment. It is hard work, but it is also highly rewarding. So when you can look back and see yourself building a successful company.

Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

In my second year in Los Angeles, when I was eighteen, I wasn't getting any bookings, so I stopped going out, stopped partying. It was a matter of getting to the work. I had to focus.

I'm not into clubbing. I want to be known for my work.

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.

I really don't have a specific idea of where I want my career to go, I just have an idea of wanting to continue to work and work on things that I like and think are good.

I think that it's a myth that there's one job that makes your whole career, unless you're winning an Oscar. But even that doesn't work for some people.

There's no such thing as a self-made man. I've had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.

The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.

America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.

no job is a good job if it isn't good for you.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

Anyone who puts 110% into their work deserves as much success as they can get.

The funny thing is, about the time I let go of any aspiration toward worldly success, that's about the time I started writing decent work.

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.