Quotes about success (3611 quotes, page 36)

“If you have a problem and you're also successful, everyone does whatever they can to keep it going. I see that a lot.”

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984) American actress and singer

"Mary Elizabeth Winstead: from scream queen to alcoholic in Smashed" in The Guardian (29 November 2012) https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/nov/29/mary-elizabeth-winstead-scream-queen-alcoholic-smashed

Problem

“Filmmaking is a journey. Some people are lucky, they get instant success but for others it’s a process, it’s not something that can be achieved in a day. You might even get success overnight but the effort, the dedication, the passion and the love for making films are a continuous process.”

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

People , Passion , Love , Effort

“Our party’s experiences and our revolutionary realities have demonstrated that whenever we firmly maintain a spirit of independence and self-reliance we are able to be creative in our development of policies and directions, and we achieve success.”

Lê Duẩn (1907–1986) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Speech at 12th Plenum of the Party Central Committee (1 December 1965)

Reality

“Work hard in the silence to achieve your goals and levels. Because we are not the same with a good heart, some don't love you for who you're, and how you're. But success will show them everything, guide you and connect you with them later.”

Ayuel Monykuch (1997) South Sudanese Entrepreneur

Silence , Heart , Love

“Some people are good at School and others are good at life, both of these ways make you successful. Be wise and choose wisely to achieve whatever you deserve.”

Ayuel Monykuch (1997) South Sudanese Entrepreneur

School , People , Way , Life

“I strived to be a better and more successful person. I am proud of the person I have become today, and know that none of my family members could do what I have done. However, I feel that my success did not get enough attention from them for being gay.”

Zhiar Ali (1999) Kurdish human rights activist and artist

On his struggle and his fight to be validated by his family.

Family , Personality , Feeling

“Those that share the same dream like you will always be your bridge to success.”

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Dreams

“The moment I understood that what's been keeping my success back is thinking that I'm still young, I grew up not in body shape but mind.”

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Thinking

“The success of the middle class alliance depended on the acceptance by the working class element of middle class leadership and middle class ideas.”

Hugh Gaitskell (1906–1963) British politician

Chartism: An Introductory Essay (1929), p. 85

Dependency , Idea

“Look, I don’t want to punish anyone’s success, but the wealthy have been getting a free ride at the expense of the middle class for too long.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

I intend to pass one of the biggest middle class tax cuts ever — paid for by making those at the top pay their fair share.
Source: https://whdh.com/news/democrats-look-to-tax-people-earning-more-than-400k-no-one-else-for-3-5-trillion-bill/ Democrats look to tax people earning more than $400K, no one else for $3.5 trillion bill (September 14, 2021)

“My family supports the show but succession is not all about being on the show. I love what I do and would be happy for it to be more vibrant even after my departure hence there is need to cast the net even outside the family.”

Mai Chisamba (1952)

Happiness , Departure , Family , Support

“Man's mettle is tested both in adversity and in success. Twice is this true of the soul of a nation.”

Soong Mei-ling (1897–2003) Chiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China

Address to the U.S. House of Representatives (February 18, 1943)

Soul

“Young people have to stop flattering themselves that they're Nostradamus and would have foreseen, had they been around then, everything that's unacceptable now. And for further context Mel Brooks wrote one of the most successful musicals of all time around the song 'Springtime for Hitler.'”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

New Rule: ‘The Woke Olympics’, (2021)

Time , People , Music

“: Don't be afraid nor too weak of doing, dreaming and hoping for the best. Even though you know that life will give you the worst outcomes at the end of the day. One day, the door of success will be widely open and patiently waiting for you to enter through it.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Life , Waiting , Hope , Dreams

“Newcomers to success always seek attention and be seen in the newspapers, while the truly rich people hide behind closed doors.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

People

“Success is simply the art of reaching the promised land of your mindset.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Art

“To be successful, you must develop a bold mindset. Don't be afraid of criticism.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“When you get a lot of success in your career, you start believing that you can never go wrong. But I had a massive fall.”

Amit Lodha (1974) Indian author and police officer

Quoted in Ted Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/amit_lodha_how_to_be_a_top_cop
Quotation

“Professional success requires ... drive, initiative, commitment, involvement, and -above all- enthusiasm.”

Tom Peters (1942) American writer on business management practices

21 June 2021
Tom Peters Daily, Weekly Quote

“Eventually, the success of our job depends on fans' support, and I want them to take a long time before they evaluate our performances. I think fans will feel our enthusiasm and I want to live up to their expectations.”

Megumi Hayashibara (1967) Japanese voice actress and singer

As quoted in "Kappei Yamaguchi & Megumi Hayashibara - Interview with a Voice Actor and Actress" in Rumic World https://www.furinkan.com/features/interviews/yama.html

Dependency , Time , Support , Thinking

“Trust your heart, and success will come to you.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

OWN Network on "Oprah Winfrey Show"
CNN interview (2011)

Heart , Graduation

“Don´t expect to find any success stories in human bodies.”

Grady Louis McMurtry (1918–1985) United States Army officer

Source: Stated in the Center of the Fire: A Memoir of the Occult 1966-1989 by James Wasserman

“Power in the hands of one who did not acquire it gradually, is often fatal to success.”

Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich

Source: Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Context: Sons and daughters of wealthy men, and others who inherit money which they did not earn...

“The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, and sexual activities. Overindulgence in any of these is fatal to success.”

Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich (1938) p.88

Drink , Strong

“Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people. A negative personality will not induce cooperation.”

Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich (1938) p. 87

Personality , People , Effort

“Procrastination is one of the most common causes of failure.... Procrastination stands within the shadow of every human being, waiting his opportunity to spoil one's chances of success.”

Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich (1938)

Chance , Waiting , Failure

“If a warrior is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.”

Carlos Castaneda book The Wheel of Time

Source: The Wheel of Time: Shamans of Ancient Mexico, Their Thoughts About Life, Death and the Universe], (1998), Quotations from "Tales of Power" (Chapter 10)

Effort

“This year I learned the most important lesson in my life, which is to never make fun of men; and if you have to make fun of them, just joke about their success.”

Yang Li (1992) Chinese stand-up comedian

Source: "‘Sexist’ female stand-up comedian Yang Li’s return sweeps Chinese social media again by gender issues" https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1231854.shtml?id=11 in Global Times (18 August 2021)

Learning , Men , Life

“I'm still working, but we have to start by putting forward a diplomatic arrangement. This point obtained, we would have a good chance of success. For the moment, the Belgian shipping word in China should not be used at any price.”

Pierre Emmanuel Félix Chazal (1808–1892) Belgian politician (1808-1892)

Source: All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 5. A prospectus by the military Chazal and Brialmont, The Importance of General Chazal in Colonial Politics. http://www.ethesis.net/leopold_II/leopold_II.htm#2.%20 Minister Chazal, who had little ambition in an almost impossible Chinese adventure, Confronting the French practicalities and the British stubbornness of that expedition was most likely the last thing on his mind. Even the experienced king had already given up all hope. The enthusiastic young Leopold did not give up and started to advise the minister himself. KMLKG, Papiers Chazal, 111/13, the Duke of Brabant to Chazal, October 4, 1859.

Chance

“I'm still working, but we have to start by putting forward a diplomatic arrangement. This point obtained, we would have a good chance of success. For the moment, the Belgian shipping word in China should not be used at any price.”

Leopold II of Belgium (1835–1909) King of the Belgians

Quotes related to the Belgian Colonial Empire
Source: All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 5. A prospectus by the military Chazal and Brialmont, The Importance of General Chazal in Colonial Politics. http://www.ethesis.net/leopold_II/leopold_II.htm#2.%20 Minister Chazal, who had little ambition in an almost impossible Chinese adventure, Confronting the French practicalities and the British stubbornness of that expedition was most likely the last thing on his mind. Even the experienced king had already given up all hope. The enthusiastic young Leopold did not give up and started to advise the minister himself. KMLKG, Papiers Chazal, 111/13, the Duke of Brabant to Chazal, October 4, 1859.

Chance

“A successful story for me exist in a moral universe, not one where goodness always triumph, because that would be false but one with an inherent awareness of goodness”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977) Nigerian writer

https://www.instagram.com/p/CV2h2BKKhl0/?utm_medium=copy_link
The Best Short Stories(2021)

Universe , Falseness

“The way to success is only three things; practice, practice and practice.”

Reza Goodary (1988) Mixed martial artist

Source: Unfortunately, this perspective often causes us to become overwhelmed when it's time to start a project. It is not right to step on the heads of others to elevate yourself. Living in exile has its difficulties enough. So let us be proud with one heart, together and under the flag of our beloved country. https://www.ilna.news/fa/tiny/news-1126280 ILNA News, (September 4, 2021)

Way

“Nations will for a long time insist upon a large measure of self-government, but when they begin to see the benefits which accrue from each successive international co-operative development, they will finally grasp the new principle of synthesis, and the age of separation will be over for ever.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Chapter II Planning a Model World

Age , Time

“We will give two practical Courses of self-training, mental and physical, with which we can fit ourselves to become successful pioneers for the new age.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Introduction p. I - XII

Age , Training

“For me, success is not only defined by what others deem you as, but also who you consider yourself to be. I don’t think I received a perfect score on any exam yet, and it’s also possible that I’ll never achieve that, but I’ll still feel satisfied at the end.”

Liu Wen (model) (1988) Chinese model

Source: "Liu Wen opens up about fame, responsibility and finding meaning in her career" in Vogue https://vogue.sg/liu-wen-cover-vogue-singapore-leslie-zhang/ (1 March 2021)

Perfection , Thinking , Feeling

“I don’t consider myself a successful screenwriter. I write screenplays because I have no choice. Often I’m simply the director’s last resort. I think that good novel-writing emphasizes characterization. It’s the personality that makes a good movie or novel character unforgettable.”

Geling Yan (1958) Chinese writer and screenwriter

Source: Interview with the Big Thrill

Personality , Thinking

“I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.”

Bobby Heenan (1944–2017) American professional wrestler, professional wrestling commentator and manager

Misc.

Marriage , Cheating

“Security is like Tetris: You're successes disappear but your failures pile up.”

Mikko Hyppönen (1969) Finnish computer security expert

Source: Keynote address, https://www.youtube.com/c/cebitau/videos CeBIT Australia, October 2019

Failure

“Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to fear; for where we are able to get profit by means of the activity which is successful and proceeds according to our constitution, there no harm is to be suspected.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book VII, 53

God , Fear , Men

“Yes! I know what I have to face. I have to face a coalition. The combination may be successful. A coalition has before this been successful. But coalitions, although successful, have always found this, that their triumph has been brief. This too I know, that England does not love coalitions.”

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister

Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1852/dec/16/ways-and-means-financial-statement in the House of Commons (16 December 1852)

Love

“You can’t define success in one sentence, a lot of people have tried to do that. Success is relative. What is success to you might not be success to me but I think generally its a state of peace of mind. A state of acceptance and a state of joy.”

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (1978) Nigerian actress and singer

https://naijagists.com/omotola-jalade-ekeinde-wisdom-quotes-top-20-motivational-quotes-sayings-omosexy/ Omotola Jalade Ekehinde speaking on Success.

People , Peace , Joy , Thinking

“Success is when God is happy with you, when the closest people around you are happy and when your soul is at peace with you.”

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde (1978) Nigerian actress and singer

https://fabwoman.ng/omotola-jalade-inspirational-quotes-for-women-fabwoman/ Omotola Jalade Ekehinde speaking at FIDWOMEN.

Peace , God , Soul , Happiness

“... the phenomenon of serial entrepreneurship would seem to call into question our tendency to explain success as the product of chance.”

Peter Thiel book Zero to One

Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=Owc2nQEACAAJ&pg=PA59 p. 59
Zero to One (2014)

Chance , Question

“To become successful in anything, you need to first of all love what you do and have a strong passion for it. You also need to build up your skills, read widely, study your craft, and keep on setting bigger targets for yourself.”

Stephanie Okereke Linus (1982) Nigerian Actress and singer

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exclusive-interview-with-_37_b_11591236 During an interview (December 6 2017)

Study , Strong , Passion , Reading

“One thing I learned is that cinematography is not something you do by yourself. It’s a group [project]. You need to develop your own vision, but the key to a successful film is communication with your director and your team.”

Halyna Hutchins (1979–2021) Ukrainian-American cinematographer and investigative journalist

Source: Rising Stars of Cinematography (2019)

Communication , Learning

“Success in financial inclusion entails reaching these users with products that can significantly improve financial lives.”

Ibukun Awosika (1962) Nigerian business magnate

Source: https://theafricadebate.com/news-2018/2018/an-interview-with-ibukun-awosika Speaking in an interview about herself (April 18 2018)

“An unsatisfactory agreement is less harmful than a successful lawsuit.”

Mateo Alemán book Guzmán de Alfarache

Pt. II, Lib. II, Ch. II.
Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604)

“While I have told about my successes, did I make mistakes? [I made] more than enough; many mistakes that I bitterly regret. First of all, my mistake was the court.”

Mikheil Saakashvili (1967) Georgian-Ukrainian politician, President of Georgia and Governor of Odessa

Tbilisi Courtroom Address (2021)

“We should always remember that when God comes to someone's help, no worldly power can stop the success He gives.”

Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950) spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Eid and Friday Sermons
Source: Total Trust and Dependence on Allah https://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2014-11-28.html, Friday Sermon November 28th, 2014

God , Help

“Women are full of themselves, they always say men are frightened or intimidated by their financial success but the issue is COMPATIBILITY.”

Tosin Ajibade (1987) Nigerian writer and blogger

Source: https://www.nairaland.com/4671710/tosin-ajibade-olorisupergal-men-say/2 Tosin Ajibade Speaking on her Entertaiment Website Titled:OLORISUPERGAL.

Women , Men

“The only time I've ever been moderately successful is in combat was in the bottom of my class at West Point because of a goat mind. And a goat is the bottom of the bottom.”

Robert Lee Scott Jr. (1908–2006) Brigadier General in the United States Air Force

Source: "Gen. Robert L. Scott" in The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/03/01/gen-robert-l-scott/b5a0d04e-7d3b-4189-9490-92489a10a78d/ (1 March 2006)

Time

“We are convinced that success for the transformation of food systems requires involvement, coordination and interconnectivity among different state and non-state stakeholders at domestic and international level.”

Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (1954) Prime Minister of Mozambique (2015-present)

Source: Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (2021) cited in: " Mozambique Seeks to Build Resilient Food Security https://allafrica.com/stories/202107020735.html" in All Africa, 2 July 2021.

Food

“Above all, I believe sports have given me the God´s gift of ease to relate to people. It is very easy for me to be with people of any age, social condition or circumstance. Sports helps you not to have barriers. This has helped me a lot in the priesthood. In the second place, I would say that in sports, one works as a team. One person doesn't win, the whole team does. Moreover, I have played basketball especially. This also leads one to see the need to be organized. Each one has to give his best. The leader is not the one who carries a plan forward. He is the one who creates conditions in such a way that each one can give the best of himself. He is not the one in front carrying the flag. This is also very important in the priesthood and the episcopate. In the third place, as in sports, it is very important to know how to struggle. Life, for a man who wants to be loyal in the Church today, is a real struggle. Today we cannot say that the Church is synonymous with success — on the contrary.”

Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1943) Catholic cardinal

Source: From Basketball Player to Cardinal https://zenit.org/2001/02/27/from-basketball-player-to-cardinal/ (27 February 2001)

Personality , Life , Sport , God

“Do not confuse dreams with wishes. There is a difference. Dreams are where you visualize yourself being successful at what's important to you to accomplish. Now, dreams build convictions because you work hard to pay the price to make sure that they come true. Wishes are are hoping good things will happen to you, but there's no fire in your gut that causes you to put everything forth to overcome all the obstacles. So you have to dream more and never, ever, ever blame somebody else if it doesn't happen. That is in your department.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

Source: " Dolly Parton Delivers Commencement Address at the University of Tennessee 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOm2lLIOoU&t=6m35s" (at 6m35s), University of Tennessee, Knoxville on YouTube.

Dreams , Hope

“Speaking of women's favours, M. de ... used to say: It is an auction room business, and neither feeling nor merit are ever successful bidders.”

Nicolas Chamfort (1741–1794) French writer

Maxims and Considerations, #362
Original: (fr) Il me semble, disait M. de…, à propos des faveurs des femmes, qu'à la vérité, cela se dispute au concours, mais que cela ne se donne ni au sentiment, ni au mérite.
Original: (fr) Maximes et Pensées, #362

Business , Feeling , Women

“And, after all, the humane spirit, which is the motive power of all true schemes of reform, is, by its very essence, independent of belief in what is commonly called "success."”

Henry Stephens Salt (1851–1939) British activist

Source: " The Poet of Pessimism https://www.henrysalt.co.uk/library/essay/the-poet-of-pessimism/", Vegetarian Review, August 1896
Context: We work for an ideal, not because we believe the ideal is destined to be triumphant, but because we are impelled so to work, and cannot, without violence to our best instincts, act otherwise. We protest against cruelty and injustice for the same reason, not merely because we feel that the dawn of a better day is at hand, but because such a protest has to be made, and we know intuitively that we must help to make it. Of the event we can have no absolute assurance—it rests for other minds and other hands than our—but we can at least be assured that we have done what was natural and inevitable to us, and that, whether successful or unsuccessful, there was no other course for a thoughtful man to take.

Motivation

“Spatial reality will be as vital to the success of a two-person startup as it is to the largest multinational conglomerate.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

Reality , Personality

“Failure is a frequent stop on the road to success.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

Failure

“Self-perception is more important than any other factor in predicting success.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

Future Proofing You (2021)

“Sound is defined as the result of a succession of regular and periodic vibrations. Noise is instead caused by motions that are irregular, as much in time as in intensity. 'A musical sensation,' says Helmholtz 'appears to the ear as a perfectly stable, uniform, and invariable sound.'”

Luigi Russolo (1885–1947) Electronic music pioneer and Futurist painter

But the quality of continuity that sound has with respect to noise, which seems instead fragmentary and irregular, is not an element sufficient to make a sharp distinction between sound and noise. We know that the production of sound requires not only that a body vibrate regularly but also that these vibrations persist in the auditory nerve until the following vibration has arrived, so that the periodic vibrations blend to form a continuous musical sound. At least sixteen vibrations per second are needed for this. Now, if I succeed in producing a noise with this speed. I will get a sound made up of the totality of so many noises--or better, noise whose successive repetitions will be sufficiently rapid to give a sensation of continuity like that of sound.
Source: Russolo. English trans. Barclay Brown (1986: 37).

Appearance , Time , Music

“Don't turn your thoughts into fears. Turn your dreams into actions and your actions into successes.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Non trasformare i tuoi pensieri in paure. Trasforma i tuoi sogni in azioni e le tue azioni in successi.
Source: prevale.net

Dreams , Fear

“Oh, youth, go forth and do!
You, too, to fame may rise;
You can be strong and wise.
Stand up to life and play the man —
You can if you'll but think you can;
The great were once as you.
You envy them their proud success?
'Twas won with gifts that you possess.”

Edgar Guest (1881–1959) American writer

Source: All That Matters (1922), p.93 - To a Young Man, final stanza.

Strong , Youth , Envy , Thinking

“Because physical theories typically predict numerical values, an improvement in experimental precision reduces the tolerance range and hence increases corroborability. In most psychological research, improved power of a statistical design leads to a prior probability approaching ½ of finding a significant difference in the theoretically predicted direction. Hence the corroboration yielded by "success" is very weak, and becomes weaker with increased precision. "Statistical significance" plays a logical role in psychology precisely the reverse of its role in physics. This problem is worsened by certain unhealthy tendencies prevalent among psychologists, such as a premium placed on experimental "cuteness" and a free reliance upon ad hoc explanations to avoid refutation.”

Paul E. Meehl (1920–2003) American psychologist

Source: [Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A methodological paradox, Philosophy of Science, 34, 2, 1967, 103–115, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/288135]

Problem

“We are grateful to God for His large grace and mercy to the people. At the same time we ask all people of good will to pray for the successful building of the church, because we know very well that when the Lord does not build a house, builders work in vain.”

Vasyl Ivasyuk (1960)

Source: In Kirovohrad foundation stone of church was blessed http://news.ugcc.ua/en/news/in_kirovohrad_foundation_stone_of_church_was_blessed_57087.html (30 November 2009)

God , Housing , People , Time

“Because we cannot by ourselves give sufficient thanks to God, our creator, for the grace, honour, health and success that He has granted us thus far, nor amass sufficient merit to secure the continuation of His grace in the future… to beseech God to continue to raise us in virtue and good customs, to govern our dominions and subjects in peace, union and concord, and to guide our affairs to His honour, our wellbeing, and the prosperity, utility and tranquility of our said dominions and subjects.”

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) Holy Roman Emperor

God , Health , Peace , Future

“Creation.… It is its own nemesis. Success is temporary, and idolization will not make the ephemeral permanent. Decay is implicit in the birth of any organism. An empire is an organism.”

Jack Williamson book Star Bridge

Source: Star Bridge (1955), “The History,” prelude to Chapter 18, “War” (p. 237)

Birth

“1. Strive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage.
2. Lead from the front. Say, "Follow me!" and then lead the way.
3. Stay in top physical shape- physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.
4. Develop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.
5. Delegate responsibility to your subordinates and let them do their jobs. You can't do a good job if you don't have a chance to use your imagination or your creativity.
6. Anticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don't wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.
7. Remain humble. Don't worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.
8. Take a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.
9. True satisfaction comes from getting the job done. The key to a successful leader is to earn respect- not because of rank or position, but because you are a leader of character.
10. Hang Tough!

Never, ever give up.”

Dick Winters (1918–2011) American military personnel

Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters (2006)
Source: Leadership at the Point of the Bayonet: Ten Principles for Success, p. 293

Night , People , Way , Imagination

“I think you need to have bad times to learn about life. If you keep on being successful, you do not learn. If you do mistakes, you learn from them and become a better person. My past has helped me become a better cricketer and human being.”

Sanju Samson (1994) Indian cricketer

Source: Samson after hitting a century on 2017 Indian Premier League about his unsuccessful domestic season. Sanju Samson says bad times taught him a lot https://m.economictimes.com/news/sports/sanju-samson-says-bad-times-taught-him-a-lot/amp_articleshow/58144832.cms

Personality , Learning , Time , Past

“When you embark on success ensure you aren't embarking on failure.”

- Goa

Failure

“Courage, combined with stupidity, does not make successful soldiers.”

Jack Cady (1932–2004) American writer

Source: Kilroy Was Here (1996), p. 133

Courage , Stupidity

“Mistakes clear the path for success.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

“My failure is a window for your success.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

Failure

“Every explorer is therefore, by necessity, a revolutionary, and every successful revolutionary is a peacemaker.”

Jordan Peterson book Maps of Meaning

Source: Books, Maps of Meaning (1999), p. 179

“When you win some tournaments and when you get good results, people are going to enjoy the success. But they don’t really think about what is going to be next. You’re going to lose the next week, too. So other players, they don’t really think about it. They’re always thinking, ‘I’m really good.’”

Beiwen Zhang (1990) badminton player

"Making Her Own Way, Beiwen Zhang Sets Her Course as Team USA’s Top Badminton Player" https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/December/10/Making-Her-Own-Way-Beiwen-Zhang-Sets-Her-Course-As-Team-USAs-Top-Badminton-Player (10 December 2019)

People , Thinking

“Research. Trial strategy. Debate. As a lawyer, these are the complex areas in which you thrive. But when it comes to building a sustainable business, your education—and experience—can’t guarantee your success.”

Reza Torkzadeh Author and Lawyer

The Lawyer As CEO: Stay Competitive, Attract Better Talent, and Get Your Clients Results (While Building the Law Firm of the Future) (2022),

Education , Business

“The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.”

Cyril Connolly book The Unquiet Grave

Part II: Te Palinure Petens
The Unquiet Grave (1944)

Art

“We’re going to do everything we can to make sure she’s successful.”

Mitch McConnell (1942) US Senator from Kentucky, Senate Majority Leader

McConnell says it's 'important' for Sen. Lisa Murkowski to win reelection and defeat her Trump-backed opponent https://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-important-for-lisa-murkowski-to-win-against-trump-backed-opponent-2022-4 (Apr 7, 2022)
2020s, 2022

“[Y]ou must have a clear picture in your mind of what success would look, sound, and feel like.”

David Allen book Getting Things Done

Source: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (2001), Ch. 3

Feeling

“Life is not about projecting onto others your inability to cope, nurturing hatred and then going off either to self-destruction or to annihilate those who have been more successful than you.”

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969) Dutch feminist, author

Source: 2010s, Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations (2010), Chapter 5, “My Brother’s Son” (p. 71)

Life

“Anytime you have to threaten people to get them to laugh at your joke you have to consider it less than successful, okay?”

Kim Stanley Robinson (1952) American science fiction writer

Source: Blue Mars (1996), Chapter 14, “Phoenix Lake” (p. 748)

People

“Nobody gives a crap about ethics. That’s why people like me will always be successful.”

Max Barry book Company

Source: Company (2006), p. 335

People

“The pride of any mother is to give birth to a responsible and successful child.”

Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657
Works, Pride and Prejudice

Birth

“The over-bearing insolence of ignorant men, who had arisen to sudden wealth by successful gambling, made men of true gentility of mind and manners blush that gold should have power to raise the unworthy in the scale of society.”

Charles Mackay book Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

Wealth , Men

“The enemy is quite successful in mobilizing and launching a counter-offensive.”

Igor Girkin (1970) Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

About the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

“29 days of the special operation have passed. No strategic success has been achieved in any direction.”

Igor Girkin (1970) Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

About the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

“Success was misunderstood as essential to progress. Really success was worse than failure.”

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)

A Testament (1957)

Failure

“To become a successful leader, you must learn how to tolerate people that don't tolerate you.”

Yusuf Cornelius Otijenu

People , Learning

“There are no limitations to excuses. It may give a moment relieve. But, anything outside that is the long-lasting sufferings of what was neglected to underscore before the excuses. So, we make excuses to justify our failures. Because, failure and success are the future life of a doer.”

Idegu Ojonugwa Shadrach (1995)

Future , Suffering , Failure , Life

“Cultural products which present foreign wars as the heroic effort of a master race to ennoble mankind are, to the degree they are successful as art, objectively in the interests of imperialists, who are people who make foreign wars against other races for profit.”

Meredith Tax (1942) American writer

Source: "Culture is not Neutral, Whom Does it Serve?" (1972), p. 15

War , People , Art , Effort

“In this world, to survive you have to be a strong, courageous woman, a woman who overcomes difficulties by turning them into successes. A woman with dedication, intuition, costancy, honor, loyalty and sweetness. A woman not for everyone, but only for those who dare to have her by her side.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In questo mondo, per sopravvivere devi essere una donna forte, coraggiosa, una donna che supera le difficoltà trasformandole in successi. Una donna con dedizione, intuizione, costanza, onore, lealtà e dolcezza. Una donna non per tutti, ma solo per chi osa averla al suo fianco.
Source: prevale.net

Strong , World , Loyalty , Courage

“(NOT ENOUGH) " Let your Success do the talking. " ( what ifi fail at the process ) ENGR. ABAN SULE”

Engr.Abah Sule

“NOT ENOUGH " Let your Success do the talking. " ( what ifi fail at the process ) ENGR. ABAN SULE”

Engr.Abah Sule