Quotes About Success

I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don't think I gave them any advice. They survived that whole onslaught pretty well anyway without me.

Northern Arizona was a job no one had ever survived, and a lot of people said I was crazy to take it. But to build a program and win there gave me a lot of confidence when people said we couldn't do it at Pitt.

It was a miracle that I became an actress. I survived because of hard work and perseverance.

I used to be a Def Jam artist. I was - I survived Def Jam.

In spite of not taking big stars, I have survived in the industry.

I've survived a lot of managers, so I must have been doing something right.

Earlier, if I gave three to four flops continuously, I survived because there was not much competition. But now the scenario has changed and it's always better to choose good scripts.

I think I am one of the smallest surviving brands.

Stardom can be obtained only after surviving and giving good films for almost 20 years.

Surviving failure is one thing. Surviving success is... is challenging, with the consequences and what you lose along the way.

I survived in high school by working at Kentucky Fried Chicken and made my way up to assistant manager. I was surviving high school and college with that job.

'Step Brothers' was like a reward for going through my whole career and somehow surviving.

I realise that surviving in the film industry is not an easy job, but if one puts one's heart and soul into one's work, anything is possible.

'Survivor Series' is one of my favorite pay-per-views because I'm Smackdown strong: I bleed blue. I've been my most successful since being on SmackDown.

In fact, if anything, I want to work harder because I want my kids to know that their mum is a director, a fighter, a survivor! They should know that I have made a name in this industry with no backing.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.

I think that when people see that a successful person who has suffered and is a survivor of mental illness, and is still very successful, I think it gives them a lot of strength.

If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

Sometimes being a survivor is the greatest compliment you can get in Hollywood.

I am a co-writer of 'Survivor,' so there's publishing that I'll receive for some of the records.

I have done a lot greater things than 'Survivor.' Going through SEAL training was much harder than 'Survivor.'

You know, I suffer kind of from survivor's guilt. It's like you suffer from success because you feel like - why me? Why am I so special? What makes me so different from the next man and why am I able to achieve these things that this person can't? Prayer is the only thing that helps me get through it.

Black people are achievers; we're survivors.

It was so satisfying for me - a great reward, just to see it done well. And it was beautifully directed by my daughter Susan Riskin. Imagine, a play about my mother directed by my daughter?!