Quotes on Success

One cannot create an art that speaks to men when one has nothing to say.

The look of success, when it is worn a certain way, would infuriate a jackass.

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

Meet your failure nobly, and it will not differ from success.

We've all received our share of good fortune, so that's my definition of much. A single blessing is all the bounty in the world, and if you've been blessed at all you're meant to pass some of that on. You're meant to set a positive example. That's our responsibility

It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.

When I walk into bat, I should know that 'Yes, I've prepared to the best of my ability. I couldn't have done anything better.' That is when I feel that I am ready to go out and play.

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.

I fail sometimes, I succeed sometimes, so that's fair enough. It's a package deal. It comes with that package: failures and success.

Success is cutting off all of your options for failure.

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

I've talked to nearly 30,000, people on this show, and all 30,000, had one thing in common: They all wanted validation...I would tell you that every single person you will ever meet shares that common desire.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.

The feeling of accomplishment welled up inside of me, three Olympic gold medals. I knew that was something nobody could ever take away from me, ever.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.