Success Quotes

“I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine.”

-- Hugh Laurie

“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