Phaedrus (Gaius Julius Phaedrus) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success.
-
Success is a high, but the way up is hard, and you have to give your all.
-
I was already writing 'The Lost Symbol' when I started to realize 'The Da Vinci Code' would be big. The thing that happened to me and must happen to any writer who's had success is that I temporarily became very self-aware.
-
I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
-
Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.
-
Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was released in France first, and it didn't do bad, but not as good as it did in the U.S.
-
If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
-
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
-
It is a career that can be enhanced or destroyed by success.
-
I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.
-
Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.
-
If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.
-
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
-
This idea of trying to repeat a success doesn't interest me. It's only really done to make money.
-
I wanted to make music that spoke to me, without having the expectation of success that comes with Lady Antebellum.
-
I am very driven by fame and success; I like to succeed at everything I do.
-
Success is difficult to define.
-
In general, a lot of content creators find that their success is unable to support any sort of organization of scale. It's pretty difficult to support even three or four employees.
-
You know, many people who become famous and enjoy great success when they're young disappear after that. Maybe I've lucked out because I came back and went to work.
-
We seldom know what we're hearing when we hear something for the first time, but one thing is certain: we hear it as we will never hear it again. We return to the moment to experience it, I suppose, but we can never really find it, only its memory, the faintest imprint of what it really was, what it meant.
-
Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
-
Any time anyone says anything nice about me, whether it's Lady Gaga or your neighbor, it's a nice feeling, I'm very grateful for it. It's very helpful for your career. Every time someone says something complimentary it introduces you to their audience. It gives you credibility.
-
We have secrets, and we have the same secrets that criminals have. Sometimes the only difference between a criminal and a law-abiding citizen is that somebody found out the criminal's secret.
-
Success tempts many to their ruin.
