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I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
Hakeem Olajuwon on success

Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines, you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes.
Jeffrey Archer on success

At this point, I can't say what network would be picking it up, but I know that it would be a success.
Christy Romano on success

I put £150,000 into the stage production of Grease and have got back £1.5 million so far. It has been a fantastic success.
Jeffrey Archer on success

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.
John Madden on success

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
Edsger Dijkstra on success

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.
Andy Murray on success

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.
Roger Daltrey on success

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.
Harry Emerson Fosdick on success

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.
Lisa Loeb on success

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.
Lucinda Williams on success

In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.
Reed Hastings on success

If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.
Lucinda Williams on success

I'm a mum, so my wardrobe consists of sweaters and jeans. As long as I don't leave the house forgetting my jeans, I count that as a fashion success.
Gail Porter on success

I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad.
Jada Pinkett Smith on success

Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didn't go hand-in-hand with financial success.
Mary Lou Retton on success

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.
P. G. Wodehouse on success

I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
Victor Cruz on success

My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.
Alexander McCall Smith on success

I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side.
Alexander McCall Smith on success