Quotes About Success

En mi época no había Best-Sellers y no podíamos prostituírnos. No había quien comprara nuestra prostitución.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering that you're on the wrong wall.

When you are on your path, and it is truly your path, doors will open for you where there were no doors for someone else.

The only thing that I'm scared of is not livin' up to the expectations of Dr. Dre and Eminem.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

There is nothing that you and I could not accomplish together, if we gave our minds to it.

Fame, ain't it a bitch

The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.

Perkins's first piece of advice came from Hemingway, the only survivor of his great triumvirate of the twenties: "Always stop while you are going good. Then when you resume you have the impetus of feeling that what you last did was good. Don't wait until you are baffled and stumped.

When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Grin" rhymes with "win"; don't waste it.

Du mußt nicht groß sein, um Großes zu vollbringen.

That strong man you mentioned earlier? You're looking at one. And we not only go after what we want, we plan when the party will happen. And then we lead the dance.

At least I've had a man," Leah snapped. "And I've got a college degree and own a business, while you're serving coffee at your aunt's coffee shop. You want to continue keeping score of who's doing what, go right ahead, but I've got work to do.

Logically, you should go to school, get good grades, go to college, get a good degree, go into the workplace, then work hard and be happy. The only problem is that happiness isn't logical.

I would rather see a school produce a happy street cleaner than a neurotic scholar.

En fait, la majorité de nos meilleurs étudiants, que ce soit à l'école ou à l'université, sombrent plus tard dans la médiocrité. Leur intérêt pour le succès est dû en grande partie à la pression familiale et non à l'intérêt réel qu'ils prennent au sujet. (p. 223)

I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.

Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want." "We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to." "Thanks." Wedge & Tycho

If no one gambled against the grain in good times, there would be no winners to inspire people in the bad times.

Remember you goal is gold. -Aaron Jhinkoo