Quotes on Success

When you complain, you make yourself a victim. When you speak out, you are in power.

Prosperity in the form of wealth works exactly the same as everything else. You will see it coming into your life when you are unattached to needing it.

It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.

I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

I do not know the word 'quit.' Either I never did, or I have abolished it.

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

Success is on the far side of failure.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.

We are all failures - at least the best of us are.

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation.

Don't worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your own terms.

My first six years in the business were hopeless._x000D_ _x000D_ There are a lot of times when you sit and you say "Why am I doing this?_x000D_ _x000D_ I'll never make it._x000D_ _x000D_ It's just not going to happen._x000D_ _x000D_ I should go out and get a real job, and try to survive."

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Learn how to separate the majors and the minors. A lot of people don't do well simply because they major in minor things.

Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment.

How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.

Success is the doing, not the getting - in the trying, not the triumph.