Quotes

Yes, I am successful in Asia. But if you think about that too much, you become boring. Because you don't want to take risks.

Once you have the money, fame, success or power, it's so easy to maintain that, because all you have to do is play it safe.

I'll settle for successful during my lifetime because at least I can be conscious of the delusion that it means something.

It just seems like the most successful, iconic love stories are not so easy or escapist. I think the ones that stay with us and resonate are full of conflict, discord and misunderstandings 'cause that's what makes drama happen or tension even if it's a comedy.

I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it.

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc.

Generally, if you're a baker who's still learning the ropes, substitutions can be risky. It's always best to make a recipe the first time as written, and only after that initial success should you make substitutions.

As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest, and he made up his mind to keep the year free of the pressure of producing monthly installments of yet another long novel.

The fact that there has to be a man behind my success when I genuinely have worked so hard is frustrating.

Many companies talk about customer success, but how many actually put the customer first above all else, always?

Unfortunately, results are the only thing that some people look at, but there is more to defining success than just stats.

Companies and football teams have become successful precisely because of how diverse they are.

It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be black. That's ridiculous.

A lot of the Indians who came to North America in the '70s, and who made very successful adjustments, always had an idea of the India that they had left, not realizing that the India that they had left has changed more profoundly than the America they came to.

Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement.

You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.

There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.

Have you ever noticed some people are able to stay organized while getting a massive quantity of work accomplished, while others appear to be busy but never actually produce results? Time management is the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur.

With the help of personal introductions by Andrew Carnegie, diligence and an absolute burning desire to teach the world how to become successful, Napoleon Hill devoted nearly his entire adult lifetime creating practical content entrepreneurs need to become successful.

Big successful corporations have established their own culture by the time you come along, so you have as high of a chance of changing their overall culture as you have of convincing the U.S. Marines to adopt the 'long-haired look' as their standard military haircut.

As a business consultant, I am a voracious reader of self-help books, case studies of thriving companies, and the biographies and autobiographies of the world's most successful people. I relentlessly implement the best ideas into my businesses.

Once you embrace the absolute truth that every leader needs a mentor, you can begin to achieve the massive growth and success that you seek.

Gillette is one of those companies where it's about success, and that's who I want to partner myself with.