Quotes About Success

Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.

You don't quit because you happen to be behind. You want to see how you do. And who knows? Maybe somebody will stumble.

I don't stumble at any hurdle.

I want to win so bad, but I think I've had too much of that lore for attraction that you'll do anything possible to get it. Sometimes people are there at a good time and kind of stumble upon it. Right time, right place type thing. I just want to keep working toward it with my mind and my body.

I feel like I have been putting out a consistent body of work, just waiting for that agent, that executive, that assistant to the bigwig to stumble across it.

I don't believe in the philosophy of stumbling across hit records.

In every stump speech I give, I speak about the fact that people who dream and achieve enormous success do not make us poorer - they make us better off.

You may think having a cluttered desk isn't that big of a deal. But that couldn't be further from the truth. Disorganization can stunt your professional growth and decrease your productivity.

I started off as an artiste and later a producer. All these aspects are interconnected. I became adept at every field - acting, producing, stunts and distributions. I never found anything tough.

You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says, Congratulations, you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like, I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

I believe the perfect life is the right combination between great things, great success and stupid mistakes or failures.

As a motivation in itself, celebrity is foolhardy and stupid.

If I can make a dollar, I certainly am not stupid.

I was stupid in a business way. I should have been greedier.

Just like in rugby, the pinnacle was playing for the All Blacks. That was always a massive thing. But you never speak it outwardly because it can sound stupid. But if you don't have massive dreams, you might as well stay in bed.

The phrase 'dream career' sounds pretty stupid.

Coaches would have me in the gym do 1,000 kicks for a practice. I would do them until everyone was gone, until I had done all my kicks. People asked me why I would do it - that's stupid. But my coach told me to do something like that, and I knew it would benefit me, and I would do it.

I mean, I wasn't stupid. I knew we'd make money and sell a lot of Dune books.

You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.

Of course, everybody makes mistakes, and we've all been young and stupid. But people need to have a sense of respect, particularly in this business, because hundreds of people are ready to take your place at any time. Maybe some people should think about that.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

I've made some stupid decisions, so I have to be careful. I once said 'no' to a film that was a number-one hit. And 'Date Movie' had the smallest budget of any movie I'd been in, and it went to the top of the box office.

People always tell me the next stage of my career means moving to New York, but I never will. I don't care how that affects my career, and I think it's stupid that it would.