“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”
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“I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.”
“Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.”
“There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?”
“Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.”
“I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.”
“Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.”
“Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'”
“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.”
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
“When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.”
“The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods.”
“For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?”
“No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.”
“The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.”
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.”
“Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.”
“While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses.”
“Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.”
“When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.”
“Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.”
“Never mind what others do do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.”
“We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?”
“The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.”