Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. 658
No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. 638
Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly. 1.51K
Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get. 726
I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. 1.42K
I don’t think about my previous success. I’m happy that the work I’ve done has been very successful. 718
Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow – after you have done your best to achieve success today. 906
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends. 704
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic. 616
While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I’d say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses. 2.29K
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or ‘get rich’ in business by being a conformist. 664
Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek. 2.02K
