Quotes on success
No one ever excused his way to success.
Dotto, Dave Del
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
Shaw, George Bernard
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
Frost, David
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Einstein, Albert
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Tomlin, Lily
The man who has done his level best, and who is conscious that he has done his best, is a success, even though the world may write him down as a failure.
Forbes, B.C.
There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."
Fisher, Carrie
Success has made failures of many men.
Adams, Cindy
What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.
Fowler, Gene
In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.
D'Angelo, Anthony J.
We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.
Unamuno, Miguel de
Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: Youth equals popularity, popularity equals success, success equals happiness.
Fisher, John
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
Unknown, Author
Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it.
Unknown, Author
If at first you don't succeed, you're running about average.
Alderson, M.H.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
Paterno, Joe
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
Smith, Logan Pearsall
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Feather, William C.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Einstein, Albert
The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds there is no "top."
Barcus, Nancy
Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.
Clinton, Bill
