Achieved Success Quotes

The country he had left thirty years ago had been a realistic place. There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything, always, would work out fairly and equitably. But he had come to believe such things in the United States. Things had worked out. Difficulties had been overcome. He had worked hard and achieved success. The machinery of government functioned. ~ Dave Eggers

The line between failure and success is so fine ... that we are often on the line and do not know it. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. ~ John F. Kennedy

My family achieved success not in spite of, but because of the American system of taxation. After all, without reliable and safe roads there'd have been no Disneyland; without high functioning legal systems and a well regulated business environment there would have been no copyright protection for Mickey Mouse. ~ Abigail Disney

The more difficult question for me is, do you remain successful for what you had done? I don't know. I think success is in your own eyes. But, I don't really want to ever feel like I've achieved success. Because then I'd be spoiled. I want to feel like I need to keep doing more. Maybe I get "content," "settled," and "success" confused. I never want to settle, but I would love to be content. ~ Derek Waters

I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music. ~ Zarin Mehta

Once you've achieved success, and you're making decisions that are working, I don't understand why anyone would be second-guessing themselves. ~ Chelsea Handler

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much. ~ Elbert Hubbard

For there is no true failure in life, child. There is only giving up one day before we would have achieved success. ~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success? ~ Elbert Hubbard

There were all sorts of ways to petition the Great God, but they depended largely on how much you could afford, which was right and proper and exactly how things should be. After all, those who had achieved success in the world clearly had done it with the approval of the Great God, because it was impossible to believe that they had managed it with His disapproval. In ~ Terry Pratchett

What constitutes success? She who has achieved success has lived well; laughed often and loved much; has gained the respect of little children; has filled her niche and accomplished her task; has left the world better than she found it; has always looked for the best in others and given the best she had. ~ Bessie Anderson Stanley

Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got. ~ Jim Rohn

I actually think being an entrepreneur is a state of mind. If you're going to be an entrepreneur, my thesis is that you have to sacrifice everything for some period in your life to be successful. You have to be myopic and completely focused and unbalanced in every way. Once you've achieved success, you're free to do whatever you like. ~ Kevin O'Leary

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction. ~ Bessie Anderson Stanley

It's cool to have critical success because it's always nice for your peers to say, 'Good job.' But who cares about them? ~ Zac Hanson

Plan for the sustainability of your success so that you do not drift back to failure and mediocrity. ~ Archibald Marwizi

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Lions don't worry about what lambs think. ~ Francis Shenstone

You're the driver of your own life. Don't let anyone steal your seat. ~ Moosa Rahat

Spirituality leads to success. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

It is not enough for a surgeon to have the textbook knowledge of how to treat trauma victims - to understand the science of penetrating wounds, the damage they cause, the different approaches to diagnosis and treatment, the importance of acting quickly. One must also grasp the clinical reality, with its nuances of timing and sequence. One needs practice to achieve mastery, a body of experience before one achieves real success. And if what we are missing when we fail is individual skill, then what is needed is simply more training and practice. ~ Atul Gawande

Before success comes patience ... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success. ~ John Wooden

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. ~ Anne Sullivan

Meditation is the basis of a life of splendid health, untiring energy, unfailing love, and abiding wisdom. It is the very foundation of that deep inner peace for which every one of us longs. No human being can ever be satisfied by money or success or prestige or anything else the world can offer. What we are really searching for is not something that satisfies us temporarily, but a permanent state of joy. ~ Eknath Easwaran

It's unbelievable, it never gets too old. The biggest goal in my career is winning Grand Slams. I don't have a great record in finals, but I'm getting closer to .500, which is nice. ~ Daniel Nestor

Those who care how they look care how they live and they will be the achievers. ~ John Patrick Hickey

I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere. Whether it is a father, uncle, cousin or brother, everybody can identify with JR and that certainly had something to do with the success of 'Dallas.' ~ Larry Hagman

I'm much more than a pair of breasts ... I represent success, hard work, and fun. ~ Pamela Anderson

Evidently, one thing seems to have more value in direct proportion to whether or not we feel we have the freedoms, joys or conveniences of that thing. ~ David Brier

My eyes are too shy to deceive me; because I am still young and fresh. ~ Mwanandeke Kindembo

You were born to journey in the direction of your purpose. Anything that halts your progress is contrary to your design. ~ Steve Maraboli

Son, you have to know what you want. If someone else has what you want, learn from them, but you must trust your own instincts to make the right decisions. The voice of inspiration will come only after you have a clear picture of what you are seeking, and after you allow yourself to feel truly grateful, as though you already enjoy the success. ~ Leslie Householder

The air was not as hazy here as it was over the rest of the city, and the sky overhead had achieved a color that was almost blue. ~ Cassandra Clare

I can't win all my battles, but those that I do win, I will celebrate and enjoy the victory. ~ Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

Every opportunity missed is an opportunity for regret ~ Karl Kloppenborg

If you never fail, that means you never tried to do something impossible. ~ Polly Whittaker

You can enter yoga, or the path of yoga, only when you are totally frustrated with your own mind as it is. If you are still hoping that you can gain something through your mind, yoga is not for you. ~ Rajneesh

Our safety at home and the cause of freedom abroad is largely contingent upon our success in Iraq. ~ Ron Lewis

Success comes through small daily wins. ~ Todd Stocker

Success - or at least the true enjoyment of it - is a perfect marriage between talent, and your courage and ability to market that talent. ~ Gregor Collins

I realized that the people I want to impress most are already in my band. If I just do my best and try to write great songs and then collaborate with these guys and try to make a great record, that's my best path to success. ~ Ed Robertson

An executive cannot gradually dismiss details. Business is made up of details and I notice that the chief executive who dismisses them is quite likely to dismiss his business. Success is the sum of detail. It might perhaps be pleasing to imagine oneself beyond detail and engaged only in great things, but as I have often observed, if one attends only to great things and lets the little things pass the great things become little; that is, the business shrinks. ~ Harvey S. Firestone

After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations. ~ Christian Bale

The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more. ~ Alan Hansen

You believed you could transcend the body as you aged, she tells herself. You believed you could rise above it, to a serene, nonphysical realm. But it's only through ecstasy you can do that, and ecstasy is achieved through the body itself. Without the bone and sinew of wings, no flight. Without that ecstasy you can only be dragged further down by the body, into its machinery. Its rusting, creaking, vengeful, brute machinery. ~ Margaret Atwood

The worst bankrupt in the world is the man who has lost his enthusiasm. Let a man lose everything else in the world, but his enthusiasm and he will come through again to success. ~ William Howard Arnold

As an old-time small-town merchant, I can tell you that nobody has more love for the heyday of the smalltown retailing era than I do. That's one of the reasons we chose to put our little Wal-Mart museum on the square in Bentonville. It's in the old Walton's Five and Dime building, and it tries to capture a little bit of the old dime store feel. But I can also tell you this: if we had gotten smug about our early success, and said, "Well, we're the best merchant in town," and just kept doing everything exactly the way we were doing it, somebody else would have come along and given our customers what they wanted, and we would be out of business today. ~ Sam Walton

People talk about confidence without ever bringing up hard work. That's a mistake. I know I sound like some dour older spinster on Downton Abbey who has never felt a man's touch and whose heart has turned to stone, but I don't understand how you could have self-confidence if you don't do the work ... I have never, ever, ever, met a high confident person and successful person who is not what a movie would call a 'workaholic.' Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it. ~ Mindy Kaling

Serving Leaders teach others the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to succeed. ~ John Stahl-Wert

Every day try to help uplift physically, mentally, or spiritually suffering people, as you would help yourself
or your family. If, instead of living in the misery-making selfish way, you live according to the laws of God, then, no matter what small part you may be playing on the stage of life, you will know that you have been playing your part correctly, as directed by the Stage Manager of all our destinies. Your part, however small, is just as important as the biggest parts in contributing to the success of the Drama of Souls on the Stage of Life. Make a little money and be satisfied with it by living a simple life and expressing your ideals, rather than make lots of money and have worries without end. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

The long run is the single most important ingredient to marathon success. ~ Bob Glover

I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it. ~ Rita Mae Brown

You are the artistic painter of your success. Paint your life day-by-day, into a masterpiece of excellence over a lifetime. ~ Mark LaMoure

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing. ~ William Arthur Ward

I've never considered the possibility of defeat. I've never planned for it. That's the job for those people who plan for such things. My job is to only plan for success ... victory; it has my complete focus. ~ Spuds Crawford

There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces - and success instead of eluding him flows toward him. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel. ~ Napoleon Hill

I used to think that sharing secrets always brought people closer. So I revealed secrets I did not want known in order to feel closer to someone. Oh, the loss I felt when I found out the secrets that I had held dear, that were so difficult to say out loud, that I had kept to myself, were being spread around the next day as if they were nothing! I think that was the moment I realized that pouring your heart out to someone might not bring you closer but in fact make you poorer instead. I even though maybe growing close to someone was better achieved by empathizing in silence. ~ Kyung-Sook Shin