Success Quotes
“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.”
“My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.”
-- Barack Obama
“Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.”
-- Jay-Z
“If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it.”
-- Sigmund Freud
“Like so many American families, our families weren't asking for much. They didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did... in fact, they admired it.”
-- Michelle Obama
“For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth.”
-- Emmanuelle Beart
“Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.”
-- P. G. Wodehouse
“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