“Success doesn't change you; fame does.”
Whitney Houston (1963–2012) American singer, actress, model, and record producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPItgCnamNg
"The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes," by Carolyn Warner, 1992
“Success doesn't change you; fame does.”
Whitney Houston (1963–2012) American singer, actress, model, and record producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPItgCnamNg
Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
Page 28
Post-Presidency, Our Endangered Values (2005)
Source: Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
Ethan Hawke (1970) American actor and writer
The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2000/dec/08/culture.features1 (2000-12-08) <br class="br">2000&ndash;2004
“Sullivan will be successful as long as other people have talent.”
Fred Allen (1894–1956) comedian
As quoted in Always On Sunday. Ed Sullivan: An Inside View (1968) by Michael David Harris; reproduced in "Sunday Marks Ed Sullivan's 20th Anniversary on TV," https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82860831/ The San Antonio Express (June 16, 1968), p. 117
Rima Das (1982) Indian Assamese film maker
Hindustan Times Article - Filmmaking is a journey, says Rima Das - 22 May 2020 https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/filmmaking-is-a-journey-says-rima-das/story-a1CstyaT4LaGfdBrJ8AzMM.html - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210728190259/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/filmmaking-is-a-journey-says-rima-das/story-a1CstyaT4LaGfdBrJ8AzMM.html
“Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.”
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
Peter Thiel (1967) American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager
Forbes: "Peter Thiel: 'Don't Wait to Start Something New'" https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2014/09/10/peter-thiel-dont-wait-to-start-something-new/#3c8e20f71e69 (10 September 2014)
“Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
67: Success is counted sweetest
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1960)
Context: p>Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires a sorest need.Not one of all the purple Host
Who took the Flag today
Can tell the definition
So clear of VictoryAs he defeated — dying —
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Burst agonized and clear!</p
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Attributed to Winston Churchill in The Prodigal Project : Book I : Genesis (2003) by Ken Abraham and Daniel Hart, p. 224 and other places, though no source attribution is given. It actually derives from an advertising campaign for Budweiser beer in the late 1930s.
Misattributed
Variant: Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/03/success-final/