Quotes About Success

It was the stupidity of all normal people. It was the stupidity of the fortunate and beautiful, of everybody who got what they wanted in life and so remained unremarkable.

Remember where you're standing when the spotlight goes off, Lovell warned me once, when our book was a best-seller and the movie it spawned was in theatres. You'll have to find your own way off the stage.

And the three astronauts now orbiting the moon were the only people on or off the Earth who knew they had succeeded.

Michael Schrage is right: "A collaboration of incompetents, no matter how diligent or well-meaning, cannot be successful.

Believing that the world is fair, people fail to note the various land mines in the environment that can undermine their careers.

Condoleezza Rice is right: people will join your side if you have power and are willing to use it, not just because they are afraid of your hurting them but also because they want to be close to your power and success.

I mean, six years ago my electricity's being cut off and my car's getting repossessed and I'm being evicted from my apartment, and now I'm all Yeah, havin' dinner with Rudy in the Hamptons, what of it?

That which went wrong, and that which went right, would have been made easier if I were more focused on my goals.

Recently, Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks, came out against the term "billionaire," instead preferring to be called "a person of means," as though he's now ashamed of what he's built.

I don't want to measure my success in clicks. I don't want my value as a person determined by retweets. When I die, I guarantee I won't care how many Tumblr followers I've had. And why is anyone following me in the first place, as I've yet to determine where I'm going?

Nobody who ever accomplished anything big or new or worth raising a celebratory fist in the air did it from their comfort zone. They risked ridicule and failure and sometimes even death.

The only failure is quitting. Everything else is just gathering information.

Hang out with people who are living on purpose, who meet their challenges with a step aside, suckers attitude, who are dating super awesome people, making exactly the kind of money they want to be making (or working toward it) or taking the kinds of vacations they, and you, want to be taking, and you'll not only see what's possible for you

In order to kick ass you must first lift up your foot.     ââ'¬â€Jen Sincero; author, coach, self-quoter

maybe, if you put your disbelief aside, roll up your sleeves, take some risks, and totally go for it, you'll wake up one day and realize you're living the kind of life you used to be jealous

Nada es imposible para alguien con una mente de principiante, es lo que Suzuki le está diciendo. Doug Larson, un periodista del siglo XX, lo dijo de una manera más graciosa: Algunos de los mayores logros del mundo fueron realizados por personas que no fueron lo suficientemente inteligente para saber que eran imposibles.

No importa cuántos fracasos puede que tenga en el futuro. Lo único que importa es que siga avanzando. El único fracaso real es el dejar de intentarlo.

She had done it alone, without support or gas, and when she had come off the mountain, she had been an instant star, chased through airports by reporters and hounded for interviews

Born on third base and think they hit a triple

Bethie and Harold glowed, with success and contentedness, and with, Jo thought, a little meanly, the kind of well-rested good looks you could have only when you were childless.

When you get everything you wanted, I think maybe you do have to be a little grateful for the people who got you there.. whether or not they thought they were doing you any favors at the time.

assuming that their hard work, not their privilege, was what ensured them their good jobs, good schools, nice houses, and pricy vacations. Born on third base and think they hit a triple

My aunt and uncle sold their place years ago. They made a kil—a fortune," he said, cutting himself off before he could say killing.

Reputation is the road to power