951 private quotes tagged success

“It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.”— R. L. Stine

“Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.”— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?”— Omar Epps

“I didn't have any success in show business until I was 30 to 31 years of age.”— Adam Carolla

“I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation.”— David Cameron

“Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.”— Robert Baden-Powell

“The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun.”— Ricky Williams

“An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one.”— Charles Horton Cooley

“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.”— Walter Scott

“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.”— Jean Cocteau

“Success and the art of making music are two different things for me.”— Norah Jones

“Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.”— Norman Vincent Peale

“Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.”— William James

“The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.”— Denis Waitley

“Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.”— Walter Scott

“Success can't be forced.”— Loretta Young

“I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.”— Ben Okri

“The best revenge is massive success.”— Frank Sinatra

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”— Vince Lombardi

“I'm astonished by my success.”— Danielle Steel

“Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.”— Orison Swett Marden

“A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.”— Joyce Brothers

“An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.”— Bo Bennett

“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”— Paramahansa Yogananda

“Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.”— Sam Ewing