Quotes About Success

I'll settle for successful during my lifetime because at least I can be conscious of the delusion that it means something.

Demand excellence.

I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, and I was a black woman looking for success in a business where those attributes were certainly not in demand in the 1960s.

If you demand the best, sometimes you get it.

I demand of myself that I take part and work hard in training to ensure I'm in the starting line-up and help the team.

The first four years of my career, I never complained. I never demanded. I never said anything about money.

For 'Zoom,' as the script demanded it, I opted for a shorter hair-style, as I play the character of a modern girl who is self-made.

I'm paid well and am demanding of the people I work with, and therefore, I feel I should bring a lot.

Activist shareholder resolutions do not have to pass to succeed. The process itself can be so injurious to a company that management will cave to demands.

I like to be busy. It's not always easy because the schedule gets busy; especially, the more successful you are, the more demands you have. But it's definitely worth the sacrifice.

I'm a very proud Democrat, but I also like results.

Democrats hate success.

The reality in business and in 'Dragons' Den' is you win some, and you lose some.

Dragons' Den' is about as close to real business as you can get on television.

My father decided early on to get me the best education money could buy. He wanted me to have the opportunities that were denied to him.

When we started making 'Borgen,' no one had any idea it would have any appeal outside Denmark. No one expected it to follow the success of 'The Killing' because it's basically all about Danish politics.

Failure is an awful thing, and when I look at the common denominator of failure, it seems to always be the same thing: excuses.

I want to make my family, Denver and our country proud.

To play in the Champions League is everyone's dream, and I would like to do so. I won't deny it.

I can't deny that label-support gave me a leg up - though not every successful artist needs it.

But either way you cannot deny the sales and what we did.

There's something about me that wants to grow a big company. I don't deny that. I enjoy the game, and the only way to really enjoy it is to win. I like to win. It's more fun.

I want people to take me seriously as an actor. I want to be a star; I won't deny that.

I'm learning to cope and not deny my own success, but I still think it's not happening a lot. I get nervous, and I am capable of doing something to blow it on purpose. A lot of actors have that problem.