Success Quotes
“It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.”
“Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there - or failing to get there.”
-- Max Lerner
“Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higer the fences get.”
-- Kevin Spacey
“The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.”
-- Luc de Clapiers
“I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.”
-- Cybill Shepherd
“Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'”
-- Johnny Carson
“Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.”
-- Barbara Walters