The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.
Anybody who succeeds is helping people. The secret to success is find a need and fill it; find a hurt and heal it; find a problem and solve it.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.'
If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.
A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success.
Be careful of success; it has a dark side.
It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.
Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution.
We always reminisce about how everyone tried to get Diane Lane's attention, to very little success.
Social enables word of mouth at an unprecedented scale. Its most powerful effect, through reviews and recommendations, is to put product quality and value for money as the key to success in commerce. Social brings a level of transparency that prevents marketers from advertising their way to success without underlying product quality.
Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success.
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.
If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature... that's what takes a long time to learn.
Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.
Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.
The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you.
I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed.
Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.
Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.
I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success.
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
Success and failure is temporary. So don't let them get to you.
I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
Real success is not on the stage, but off the stage as a human being, and how you get along with your fellow man.
From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say.
One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.
The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.
Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning 'bit' always switched on.
Once you get a taste of success, it's a hard thing to turn down.
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.
I haven't had a successful life; and now that God has blessed me with some success, I'm doing my best to be responsible with that success.
Curt Hennig was my buddy, and he had great success with Mr. Perfect.
What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what's been the key to the success. We get into our little disagreements, and whether we're right or wrong, we'll go and apologize. That's just the way we are.
Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely.
Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent.
I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.
Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.
Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.
Conservatism is the perfect antidote to underdevelopment. Its commitment to individual responsibility, education, hard work, personal initiative, traditional family values and free markets is a universal formula for success in a free society.