Success Quotes

“After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.”

-- Shirley Jones

“Fame and success are very different things.”

-- Enya

“Success comes in waves.”

-- Guy Pearce

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

-- Winston Churchill

“The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.”

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.”

-- Roger Babson

“Success and failure are equally disastrous.”

-- Tennessee Williams

“Success has always been a great liar.”

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”

-- Amos Bronson Alcott

“The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.”

-- William Osler