Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you’re on the journey. But you’ve got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others.
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing.
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
You weren’t born just to live a life and to die; you were born to accomplish something specifically. Matter of fact, success is making it to the end of your purpose; that is success… Success is not just existing. Success is making it to the end of why you were born.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
There was one film that I really wanted. This was a long time ago; it was a film called ‘Fracture.’ Ryan Gosling ended up doing it with Anthony Hopkins. It wasn’t a giant box-office success, but I really enjoyed the script, and I enjoyed the character. I got pretty close and was kind of disappointed it didn’t go my way.
We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.
Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
I think that success is having fun.
One of the signs of a bad coworker is a pattern of persistent undermining – intentionally hindering a colleague’s success, reputation, or relationships.
The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one’s children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.
Over time, the welfare state has become dysfunctional in a surprising way. But in a way it became a victim of its own success: It became so successful at prolonging life, that it becomes financially unsustainable, unless you make major changes to things like retirement ages.
It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
Real success is not, like, materialistic. It’s being where you want to be when you want to be; just living your life how you feel; having an ultimate goal and being able to accomplish it.
I have had all of the disadvantages required for success.
We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
Our economy is increasingly dependent on the success and integrity of the financial markets.
It’s good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.
Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
The greatest sign of success for a teacher… is to be able to say, ‘The children are now working as if I did not exist.’
Every failure is a step to success.
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.
Life is nothing but a bunch of experiences. There’s no such thing as success or failure.
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we’d all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world’s dreadful injustice.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
As a boss, as a CEO, as a creative director, as a chef, I’ve learned that failure will always come. I’ve learned to give it a big squeeze, smile at it, humble myself to it and then use it as a springboard to send me on my way to strength, success, and fulfillment.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
The limits of our success are just the limits of our energy.
You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
Success to me is only two things: happiness and stability.
The amazing thing about love and attention and encouragement and grace and success and joy is that these things are infinite. We get a new supply every single morning, and so we can give it away all day. We never, ever have to monitor the supply of others or grab or hoard.
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.
There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.
I’ve been asked many times if I considered myself a narcissist, so I looked up the real meaning of the word, and I came to the conclusion that indeed I am one. I think of myself as better than other people, not every person, but many, unique and talented, and I aim to success.
Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.
The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It’s about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.
By shifting your focus to the princess and treating your life’s challenges like video games, you can trick your brain and actually learn more and see more success.
Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.
A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.
