Success Quotes
“My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living.”
“A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.”
-- Orison Swett Marden
“Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.”
-- Soichiro Honda
“We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.”
-- Ronald Reagan
“A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.”
-- Robert Orben
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
-- Henry David Thoreau
“Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.”
-- Joni Mitchell
“I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.”
-- Kat Dennings