You’ve got to work hard for your success and you’ve got to have a steady presence. That’s the secret. 667
Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family. 658
Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I’ve succeeded, if I’m doing something that makes me happy and I’m not lying to anybody. 693
I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that ‘nothing succeeds like success.’ 795
Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God. 5.63K
We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success. 719
One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself. 584
It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it’s no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I’d have the success they had. 575
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. 2.27K
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. 602
We’re not uncomfortable with it, and we’ve already been through enough of the music business where I’m not really worried that commercial success is going to in some way – we’re already past saving, you know what I mean? It’s too late for us. 612
You’ve got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world’s most powerful – and neglected – secret to success and happiness. 723
