“Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.”
Success means different things to different people, which is exactly the point. These quotes challenge conventional definitions and offer alternatives — because the version of success that actually makes you happy might not be the one on the magazine cover.
“Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.”
“Eventually, with success, I started to feel more and more isolated - like I didn't have a community of artists.”
“Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre.”
“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.”
“An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.”
“Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody. I'm not doing that now, so I feel really good about myself.”
“When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.”
“Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.”
“How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?”
“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.”
“The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.”
“Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.”
“The quick success was a bit strange to get used to.”
“Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.”
“Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.”
“I thought doing reality TV would be the greatest success of my life or the biggest mistake.”