Success is created in studio apartments and garages, at kitchen tables, and in classrooms across the nation, not in government conference rooms in Washington.
From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.
I think true success is intrinsic... It's love. It's kindness. It's community.
The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat. In the same way, the only way to change your level of financial success 'permanently' is to reset your financial thermostat. But it is your choice whether you choose to change.
Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
Success is the sweetest revenge.
I realised that success and pure creativity are not very compatible. The more successful you become, the more you become a product of something that generates money. Instead of being able to move forward freely and do what you really wish, you find yourself stuck and obliged to repeat yourself and your previous success.
Success is sweet and treacherous.
It's about enjoying your life. If you have no family, no friends to enjoy it with, it don't matter how much you have, how much success you have, how much fame you have, how much money you have, it doesn't matter.
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way.
Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.
Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.
Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.
Success demands singleness of purpose.
They succeed, because they think they can.
A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team.
The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.
Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.
Nothing recedes like success.
Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership.
Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.
Success is different for everyone; everybody defines it in their own way, and that's part of what we do in 'Close Up', finding what it was each person wanted to achieve and what their willingness to sacrifice for that was.
Every failure is a step to success.
The road to success runs uphill.
Success in management and success in sport are derived from the same basic principles.
The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success.