Success Quotes

“Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.”

-- Camille Paglia

“Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf.”

-- Elias Canetti

“Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.”

-- Erma Bombeck

“After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.”

-- Mason Cooley

“In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.”

-- Paulo Coelho

“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.”

-- Alfred North Whitehead

“There's more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, you'll be able to enjoy your success more. It won't own you or control you.”

-- Ricky Williams

“I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.”

-- Florence Nightingale

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

-- Napoleon Hill

“Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.”

-- Noel Coward