Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?' Johnny Carson on success
Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much. They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did... in fact, they admired it. Michelle Obama on success
Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier on success
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive. Scott Adams on success
Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get. Bernard Meltzer on success
On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. Martin Van Buren on success
For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. Ella Wheeler Wilcox on success
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Aesop on success
I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success. Tanya Tucker on success
Success should always be just beyond your grasp. William Shatner on success
In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. Umberto Eco on success
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor. Noel Coward on success
Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work. William Feather on success
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product. Ed McMahon on success
When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you. Christina Aguilera on success
No man is a success in business unless he loves his work. Florence Scovel Shinn on success
I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful. Alanis Morissette on success
It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success. Alanis Morissette on success
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. Havelock Ellis on success
Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. Gustave Flaubert on success