“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

“People fall forward to success.”

“Such a faith would be fatal to my reason, to my liberty, and even to the success of my undertakings it would immediately transform me into a stupid slave, an instrument of the will and interests of others.”

“Success produces confidence confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.”

“We are a people that have always celebrated other people's success so long as we always had the opportunity to meet that success ourselves. That is the American nature. That is the American character. That is one of the things that makes us different from the rest of the world. And I'm afraid we could lose that or are on the verge of losing that.”

“You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.”

“He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.”

“The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.”

“I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.”