Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.
Interpretation
True learning comes from failure rather than success, which can lead to arrogance.
Moby suggests that while success can breed arrogance or complacency, it is through failure that individuals gain the most valuable insights and lessons. This perspective emphasizes the importance of humility and the learning opportunities that arise from setbacks.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a motivational speech to emphasize the importance of resilience.
So in 1987 I gave up all animal products and became a vegan. Simply so that I could eat and live in accordance with my beliefs that animals have their own lives, that they're entitled to their own lives and that contributing to animal suffering is something that I don't want to be a part of.
But when a manβs religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and in fine, makes this earth of ours an uncomfortable inn to lodge in; then I think it high time to take that individual aside and argue the point with him.
I love to be busy. I'm envious of people who are able to take their spare time and relax. All I like to do is work. Perhaps it's lingering Calvinist guilt?
There might be a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats on key social issues like women's rights and health care. But when it comes to taking corporate cash, they're pretty much the same beast.
And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves, and it is in this disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists.
It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.
If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.
I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.
With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.
I think people have learned that Herbie Hancock can be defined as someone that you won't be able to figure out what he's going to do next. The sky is the limit as far as I'm concerned.
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