In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk. Rita Rudner on success
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. Thomas J. Watson on success
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless. Bette Davis on success
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength. Karen Armstrong on success
No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. Alfred Adler on success
The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success. Michael Korda on success
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self. Ralph Marston on success
To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way. Pat Riley on success
Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.' Donald Rumsfeld on success
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. Herbert Kaufman on success
The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young. F. Scott Fitzgerald on success
However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on success
I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. Jack Welch on success
Success is not in what you have, but who you are. Bo Bennett on success
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. Solomon Ortiz on success
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. Mario Andretti on success
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic. Steve Martin on success
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles on success
When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts. Bo Bennett on success
The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods. John Maynard Keynes on success