Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation. Sandra Day O'Connor
The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land. Arthur Erickson
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line. Richard Branson
Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.' Joey Adams
I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful. Calvin Klein
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. Oliver Goldsmith
We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. Arianna Huffington
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole. Bernard Law Montgomery
You know, I start with the assumption that -or with, with the belief that this president has to succeed. We all have an enormous amount of capital invested in his success. His success is the country's success. Michael Bloomberg
I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think. Whoopi Goldberg
Without failure there is no sweetness in success. There's no understanding of it. Glenn Beck
In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. Charles de Montesquieu
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death. Karen Armstrong
We moved into the back, made it into a little 50s sitting room and started to sell the records. We had an immediate success. For one thing, these Teddy Boys were thrilled to buy the records. Vivienne Westwood
I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent. Jeanne Moreau
Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him. Ron Fournier
I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really. Danny Boyle
I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me. Rosie O'Donnell
American inventiveness and the desire to build developed because we were guaranteed the right to own our success. Rand Paul