Quotes About Success

I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.

I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.

My number one thing was that if I ever did get successful enough to make it, I wanted to be able to give back to my family.

I don't come from a family of slackers, but I do come from a family of doers.

That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.

I'm the least-educated person in my immediate family. My two other brothers have multiple advanced degrees, and I only have one. [...] Actually, now that I've got a Nobel Prize, I feel equal.

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies.

I was first in my family to go to college.

Racing is not football or baseball or basketball where you can do it yourself. If you're good in high school, you just shine. (But in racing) you have to have a family behind you.

I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty.

I do this for her and my family. This is my way of paying my mom back by going after my goals relentlessly and trying to win that Oscar one day.

Becoming wealthy is not a matter of how much you earn, who your parents are, or what you do.. it is a matter of managing your money properly.

When Nirvana became popular, you could very easily slip and get lost during that storm. I fortunately had really heavy anchors - old friends, family.

Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.

I sacrificed a lot, in terms of friendship and family, from working so much at such a young age, but I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal.

Sometimes film is just the family business. Some families are generations of carpenters or farmers, or they make clothes, or they're all lawyers. I'm in the family business.

I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus.

The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps.

My parents went through hell and back. They came to America with suitcases and a family of seven and $250, and that's it.

My obligation right now is to do well for myself, my family, my employees, for my companies. And that's what I do.

We all have family dysfunction. It's why we're successful, to fill that hole.

I was the first person to go to university from my family.