“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.”
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.
“Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!”
“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.”
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.”
“In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.”
“Success is dependent on effort.”
“Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.”
“I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.”
“Success breeds success.”
“When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people.”
“So many stars lose their way, and with success become more neurotic, not less so.”
“I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.”
“Remember, I come from such an excessively overdone, red-carpet place called Hollywood. So I'm used to people blowing up their success in ways that are far above and beyond the truth.”
“My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model.”
“She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”
“I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.”
“Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.”