Quotes About Success

I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.

Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.

You don't knock television, even if you don't always like what they make of your work. It makes all the difference between being an also-ran writer and very famous.

You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear after that. Maybe I've lucked out because I came back and went to work.

I've never seen the allure of being famous, because I know what that's like. It's part of work.

I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

A woman must make her fortune before she is 30 or work after she is 30 or get married.

I am living my dream because I get to work with my kids and watch them find their happiness. It's so rewarding - we brainstorm around a conference table and have a really great time doing it.

Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.

It's important for women to work. They need to keep their independence, to keep earning and being challenged.

I'm able to provide for my family and the people that I love with things that I never used to be able to. I'm getting to make music and work with amazing people. I just feel really lucky.

I'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important.

I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.

I'm proud - or really more thankful than anything - for all the work that I've gotten.

I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

Jeff Bezos was one of those best and brightest who came to N.Y. to work in finance. He didn't need to know anything about retail bookselling to start Amazon.

If I end up having a novel that sells really well and that allows me to pay for health insurance and mortgage without having to work at a day job, that would be great.

I like to work in a small team. There is only 18 of us on the design team. Nobody has ever left.

Actually, I never work in movies for money. I'm glad when I get well-paid, but it's not always the case - trust me.

It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.

When I was a baby, I wore my mom's Chanel pumps - to be able to say that I work with Karl Lagerfeld is a dream come true.

One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself.

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.