Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. Marilyn vos Savant
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody. Herbert Bayard Swope
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. Anna Pavlova
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. Walter Lippmann
Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything. Donny Osmond
America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy. Thomas Peterffy
You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. Thomas Wolfe
It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even aware of it, because I was somewhere else under the deadline again. Francis Ford Coppola
Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. Sylvester Stallone
Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God. Herschel Walker
Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody. Kristen Stewart
The road to success is always under construction. Arnold Palmer
Success for me its to raise happy, healthy human beings. Kelly LeBrock
My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed. Mark Warner
A minute's success pays the failure of years. Robert Browning
I believe there are three keys to success. For me it is keeping my priorities in order: It's my faith and my family, and then the business. Kathy Ireland
Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. Martha Stewart
The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. Michael Faraday