Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen. Keith Henson
To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful. Roger Moore
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work. Anna Pavlova
Success produces confidence confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. Ben Jonson
I was trying to uphold what I thought feminism was as best I could by supporting women, by trying to create an opportunity to get women to get together, play music together and celebrate the fact that we are having great success making music on our own and together. Sarah McLachlan
If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it. R. Kelly
Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of what it's about, being on your own for three or four years and living day to day on $3, or living in an apartment with no electricity. Taylor Kitsch
For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object. Warren Farrell
The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success. Bela Lugosi
Success sometimes can really bite you in the shorts. Donny Osmond
With success came an ever-growing burden of responsibility. I lived with a near-constant low-level anxiety that I would make a mistake that would not only threaten my career, but also my brothers' - not to mention the livelihoods of many people who work with us or for us. Donny Osmond
Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others. Mikhail Bakunin
I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it. Alain de Botton
I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it! Larry Hagman
Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person. Larry Hagman
I think that everybody in the world, whatever colour or creed, has a jerk like JR in his or her family somewhere. Whether it is a father, uncle, cousin or brother, everybody can identify with JR and that certainly had something to do with the success of 'Dallas.' Larry Hagman
As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it. Ann Romney
Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character. P. G. Wodehouse
I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success. Billy Sheehan