Quotes About Success

As a man of sense never at?tempts impossibilities, on one hand, or the other, he is never discouraged by difficulties: on the contrary, he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres, and infallibly prevails at last.

This approach, built on the "wisdom of the crowd" concept, has been called "the crowd within." The billionaire financier George Soros exemplifies it. A key part of his success, he has often said, is his mental habit of stepping back from himself so he can judge his own thinking and offer a different perspective—to himself.

I have been struck by how important measurement is to improving the human condition," Bill Gates wrote. "You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal….

How skillfully leaders perform this balancing act determines how successfully their organizations can cultivate superteams that can replicate the balancing act down the chain of command. And this is not something that one isolated leader can do on his own. It requires a wider willingness to hear unwelcome words from others—and the creation of a culture in which people feel comfortable speaking such words.

You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal….This may seem basic, but it is amazing how often it is not done and how hard it is to get right.

The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.

Jak raz, na pocz?tku trafi si? do jakiej? szufladki, rzadko znajdzie si? sposób, ?eby wspi?? si? wy?ej.

Future-oriented people tend to be more successful professionally and academically, to eat well, to exercise regularly, and to schedule preventive doctor's exams.

Had it not been for Billing's eccentricity, short attention span and lack of application, his inventions may well have had proper success

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

Convertirse en los líderes del InsurTech llevará algún tiempo, pero con la implementación de todas estas estrategias están en el camino de conseguirlo.

First build the cities, then build the states, and then hope that the nation will prosper.

Be wise;Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

the Basil Spence Syndrome. When Coventry Cathedral was going up and in the public eye, he went through a lean period when he wasn't offered any jobs at all because people thought he wouldn't have time for anything else.

Talented people succeed largely because they devote considerable time, attention, and effort to their topic of predilection. Through training, they develop well-tuned algorithms and clever shortcuts that any of us could learn if we tried, and that are carefully devised to take advantage of our brain's assets and get around its limits." —Psychologist and neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got.

I have been struck by how important measurement is to improving the human condition," Bill Gates wrote. "You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal. … This may seem basic, but it is amazing how often it is not done and how hard it is to get right.

We must continue up the steps because the path is right, and the process of climbing is all that matters.

Passion does not translate easily into good income.

My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college.

I am an exemplary student, one who never misses a class, who almost always gets the best grades, who is the pride of his teachers.

I finished reading, not from the sweet, low pathos of the tale, but from the knowledge of the writer's success. It is so difficult to do anything well in this mysterious world.

money is always important if you grow up without it.