Success Quotes

On an emotional level, success in America would be terrible for me; it would be insane. I really, seriously, never want to be famous here.

~ Robbie Williams

That's why success hasn't changed me: because I don't want to be famous or do TV or be a model or be recognised in a shop. I'm not interested. There's nothing worse.

~ Charlotte Dujardin

That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?

~ Garry Shandling

If I wasn't even famous or had any success, I would still wake up and put tons of make-up on, and put on a cool outfit. That's always been who I've been my whole life, so that's never gonna change. I love fashion. I love getting dressed up. I love Halloween, too.

~ Gwen Stefani

I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.

~ Dane Cook

Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.

~ Big Sean

Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.

~ Larry Hagman

I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

~ Danielle Steel

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

~ Kat Dennings

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.

~ Wynonna Judd

I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much you're getting paid, but it's more about if you're steadily working and you're happy with what you're doing.

~ Sarah Hyland

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

~ John D. Rockefeller

It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal.

~ Edward Thorndike

If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.

~ Ron White

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

~ Oscar Wilde

Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that's a real success story for us.

~ Mike Johanns

The success stories in biotechnology are mainly due to the straightforward application of design thinking in both the business and science aspects of our lean startups.

~ Ryan Bethencourt

I do not know why I have always been fascinated by science or why I have been driven by the intense desire to make some original contribution. And although I have had some degree of success as a scientist, it is hard to say precisely why.

~ Jack W. Szostak

It's true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It's not rocket science.

~ Rupaul

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.

~ Solomon Ortiz

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.'

~ Maria Montessori

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.

~ Jack Welch

I am a teacher and the reason I'm a teacher is because I'm learning as hard as I can. I'm not any different from anybody else. I am searching and having some success finding answers.

~ Andy Andrews

I think like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Failure is a great teacher. At the same time, you must remember, success will never last... Whether it's tech or fashion, it must be for the customer.

~ Tadashi Yanai

Someone once told me I'm a sore winner, and they're right. I rarely take more than a moment to enjoy a success before I'm moving on and looking for the next challenge.

~ Eli Broad

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

~ Helen Keller

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.

~ Zig Ziglar

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

~ Louis Pasteur

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

~ Arnold Palmer

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

~ Vince Lombardi

We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.

~ George Osborne

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals.

~ David A. Bednar

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

~ Kailash Kher

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

~ Elbert Hubbard

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

~ Milla Jovovich

I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.

~ Major Taylor

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

~ Paul Bremer

I am very hopeful that my personal success in Qatar will ignite others, especially those in the so-called non-traditional sports, to try even harder because now they can see for themselves that significant achievements can be attained. But let me stress that it takes a lot of work - in fact, very hard work - mixed with very heavy doses of patience.

~ Alia Atkinson

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.

~ Kevin Spacey

I'm an American. We've translated democracy and brotherhood and equality into enterprise and opportunity and success - and that's getting Americanised.

~ Susan Glaspell