“Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.”
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.
“When one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.”
“Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.”
“The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.”
“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”
“Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.”
“I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low.”
“What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.”
“I think all those people I did stories about measured their own success by the joy their work was giving them.”
“In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.”
“Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.”
“Excess is success.”
“Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.”
“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.”
“Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.”
“We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.”
“Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.”