Quotes

Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.

I have never met a successful person who talked about failing. The glass is always half full. I don't even like being around negative talkers.

When you get haters you actually feel like you're a success.

I thought that once you get success, your job was the 'Robin Hood' situation.

I've had international success so whenever you may not have seen me in America, I may have been in Dubai doing something. Technically I never really stopped doing music. I just did it in different places.

It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

The sooner you accept the fact that you will have both successes and failures, the easier it will be to get your business and personal life headed in the right direction.

Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.

I've known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn't know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination.

Southwest Airlines is successful because the company understands it's a customer service company. It also happens to be an airline.

Direct your energy toward achieving a goal, and tackle the problems with an emphasis on edging closer to a successful result.

Ego stops you from getting things done and getting people to work with you. That's why I firmly believe that ego and success are not compatible.

Remember you're not entitled to anything. You have to earn your success every day, and you will make mistakes like everyone else.

My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

A vocal producer is very important, and it's a very important component of an overall successful and good-sounding record.

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet.

Success is the sum of details.

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.

Evolution does not necessarily favor the longest-lived. It doesn't necessarily favor the biggest or the strongest or the fastest, and not even the smartest. Evolution favors those creatures best adapted to their environment. That is the sole test of survival and success.

That late success has happened is OK. I'm grounded. I use my seniority to my advantage. That's helped me out. Who'd have thought? So, yeah. I'm a lucky guy.

I wasn't very successful at running for office.

My dad was the only son from his entire family to come to America, and I was his only son. We had come to the States to achieve security and success for our family. Rules were simple: No fun, no friends, no girls. Go to school, come home, and study.

I'm lucky. It's okay that success has come later to me, because I might have burned up if it had happened earlier.