Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get. Bernard Meltzer
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
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
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Aesop
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
Success should always be just beyond your grasp. William Shatner
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
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor. Noel Coward
Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work. William Feather
Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product. Ed McMahon
When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you. Christina Aguilera
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
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
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. Havelock Ellis
Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. Gustave Flaubert
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. Ben Stein
An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match. Fred Allen
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success. Samuel Goldwyn
I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age. Salma Hayek