Subject: Success (Page 2)

Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter
Friends Success

If you think you can, you’re right; and if you think you can’t, you’re right.

(1918 – 2001) American businesswoman & founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
Success Work

Blessed is he who talks in circles, for he shall become a big wheel.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
Communication Speech Success

Success doesn’t teach as many lessons as failure does.


Failure Success

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

(1962 – ) Canadian-American actor & comedian
Men People Success Women

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

(1945 – ) American television journalist
Life Success

It is common sense to take a method and try it… if it fails, admit it frankly and try another; but above all, try something.

(1882 – 1945) 32nd U.S. president
Beliefs Success

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author
Success

If at first you don't succeed, try try again… then quit; there's no use being a damn fool about it.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer
Failure Situations Success

She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Success Women

You climb the ladder of success easier when you lay it flat.

Murphy’s Laws Success

I don’t think we have failed, we have just found another way that doesn’t work. – After an unsuccessful around-the-world balloon flight

American engineer, businessman & adventurer
Success

Whenever a superstar is traded to your favorite team, he fades. Whenever your team trades away a useless no-name, he immediately rises to stardom.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Sports Success

Behind every successful man, you’ll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

(1908 – 1997) American actor
Appearance Clothing Men People Success Women

These days a star is anyone who can hold a microphone; a super star is someone who has shaken hands with Lew Grade, and a super-super-star is someone who has refused to shake hands with Lew Grade.

(1921 – 2001) Welsh comedian & singer
Success

She said I was afraid of success, which may in fact be true, because I have a feeling that fufilling my potential would really cut into my sittin' around time.

(1970 – ) American stand-up comedian & voice actor
Success

I performed for the U.S. troops in Guantanamo Bay, and signed autographs for people who’ve been gone from America for so long they didn’t realize that I’m not famous.

(1978 – ) American comedian & writer
Success

Success has killed more men than bullets.

(1884 – 1933) American saloon keeper, actress & entrepreneur
Death Success

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Conflict Eating Fights Food/Drink Life Success

When someone follows you all the way to the shop and watches you buy toilet paper, you know your life has changed.

(1969 – ) American actress, film director & producer
Life Success

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian
People Success