Quotes on Success

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you're a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.