Success Quotes
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
H. G. Wells
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The modern rise of Alzheimer's Disease in the twentieth century is not a sign of failure. It's a sign of success. Success in living long enough to see that disease expressed.
S. Jay Olshansky
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Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.
William Arthur Ward
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I think commercial success is really important. It means there are more people listening, and you're affecting the zeitgeist more. If only a hundred people know you exist, it's harder to get your message across.
Courtney Love
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There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is impossible.
Jack Vance
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Perhaps Lila was right: my book—even though it was having so much success—really was bad, and this was because it was well organized, because it was written with obsessive care, because I hadn’t been able to imitate the disjointed, unaesthetic, illogical, shapeless banality of things.
Elena Ferrante
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Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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I don't need to be told what I am or what I should do or if I beat this guy it means I'm good or if I lose to that guy it means I'm bad. I'm at peace with myself, and I know what I do every day in my training will speak for itself, and success will be a byproduct.
Eddie Alvarez
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Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
Barbara Walters
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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
Carl Lewis
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A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
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Look at Baltimore back in 2000. They had an outstanding defense. They could run the ball, and they had a quarterback that didn't turn it over that much. I think that is a plan that can bring you great success.
Bob McNair
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The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.
Daisaku Ikeda
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My first album, I had to write everything. Nobody was going to send me stuff just because I had a little success.
Cole Swindell
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Success can create more madness than happiness.
Billy Ocean
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
Edmund White
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Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure.
Marilyn Minter
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When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.
Francois Truffaut
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Imagination, devotion, perseverance, together with divine grace, will assure your success.
Haile Selassie
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Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage.
Charles Luckman
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Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.
Fran Lebowitz
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Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.
Mae West
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I know I'm not the 'Indie It Girl' and I'll never have a big breakout, big runaway success. And that's okay.
Kathleen Edwards
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
J. Paul Getty