Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there – or failing to get there. 528
In the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want. 561
My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model. 940
We all know that Social Security is one of this country’s greatest success stories in the 20th century. 554
Yeah, ideally, I’d probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful. 518
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you’ll have left is your character. 732
Everyone has determination – it’s a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering; she doesn’t care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we’re very, very different. 604
In the digital age of ‘overnight’ success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked. 512
Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there’s never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money. 1.76K
The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and – just as the Tea Party did – it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point. 514
The one thing that makes me feel super lucky about my financial success is that I have a housekeeper. 544
I never expected any sort of success with ‘Mockingbird’… I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. 693