Quotes About Success

Success and failure are unavoidably related in our minds with the state of things around us

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

The self-confidence of even the consistently successful is never absolute. They are never sure that they know all the ingredients which go into the making of their success. The

we can do anything when we decide to win no matter what!

You must have a goal in life. We all should have goals. Or we are lost.

Number two is just the leader for the rest of the leaders

we have to be ambitious in our goals, imaginative in our means, ruthless in our evaluations, and aggressive in funding successes and starving failures.

With success came a new, deeper doubt that any activity, even his cherished writing, could make life mean anything.

If you're really ahead of the game, plagiarism is a trap you want your competitors to fall into!

Yes, the success of open source does call into some question the utility of command-and-control systems, of secrecy, of centralization, and of certain kinds of intellectual property. It would be almost disingenuous not to admit that it suggests (or at least harmonizes well with) a broadly libertarian view of the proper relationship between individuals and institutions.

Fame turns out to be a powerful instrument of grace because it humbles its chosen victims in a hurry. You sail into it, your canvas swelled with grandiosity, and when your fifteen minutes are over and you are becalmed, you realize that grandiosity cannot take you where you need to go. Only then do you learn to row like hell, asking God for the strength to stay afloat.

Non c'è niente di più terribile di un artista mancato. L'energia rimane, ma, priva com'è di una valvola di sfogo, implode in un gigantesco peto nero di rabbia che offusca tutte le finestre interne dell'anima. Anche se gli artisti di successo sono spesso orribili, non c'è niente di più crudele o vano di un artista fallito.

La vie n'est ni un jeu ni un match, sinon il y aurait des gagnants.

Compiere un'azione notevole è meglio che essere notati».

En amour, on appelle ça un étalon; en politique, un démagogue. Le secret de la réussite, c'est de ne penser qu'à la jouissance de l'autre.

Why should anyone be so grateful for acceptance unless he doubts that he is acceptable, and why should a young, educated and successful couple have such doubts, if not due to the fact that they cannot accept themselves because they are not themselves.

Few parents have the courage and independence to care more for their children's happiness than for their success.

La gente cree que lo importante es tener éxito, ganar prestigio, conseguir poder, subir por la escala social, servir a la máquina, pero la persona queda estancada. En realidad, más que estancada, empeora ligeramente. Cumplidos los 25 años, ya no se perfeccionan, sino que degeneran, aunque mejoren en el arte de ganar dinero y manipular a los demás. (...) El arte de escuchar

Indeed, with the experience of self disappears the experience of identity - and when this happens, man could become insane if he did not save himself by acquiring a secondary sense of self; he does that by experiencing himself as being approved of, worthwhile, successful, useful - briefly, as a salable commodity which is he because he is looked upon by others as an entity, not unique but fitting into one of the current patterns.

failure promotes success only if you actually take the time to analyze your mistakes.." "Failure has to be separated from fault, and for many people that requires a bit of deprogramming, as we learn early on that they are one and the same." "In this framework, intention is extremely important.

At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business repairing radios. It grew to be one of the largest in Philadelphia.

I remember when I first started in the business, I lost a lot of friends. Some were jealous, some were annoyed at the fact that I was an actress.

A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next.