Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don’t come together in real groups. 666
My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success. 2.34K
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others. 676
Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. 658
More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man – he – himself. 629
I haven’t deliberately set out to play the blonde bombshell in my movies. In fact, it’s probably been quite the opposite. After the success of The Mask, I wasn’t offered all that many blonde bombshell parts, to be honest. I think people believed from the beginning that I could actually walk and talk at the same time. 619
It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk. 642
The NFL has been an amazing page in this chapter of my life. I pray that all successive adventures offer me the same potential for growth, success and most importantly fun. 2.38K
Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak. 582
Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. 712
I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me. 2.07K
Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. 629
Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a different person once we broke up. Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success. 723
I passionately believe that’s it’s not just what you say that counts, it’s also how you say it – that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it. 673
I always say that the real success of Wine Library wasn’t due to the videos I posted, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships. 690
My store, Wine Library, outsells big national chains. How do you think we do it? It started with hustle. I always say that our success wasn’t due to my hundreds of online videos about wine that went viral, but to the hours I spent talking to people online afterward, making connections and building relationships. 619
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success. 2.19K
