Quotes about succes
successful opportunity presence-of-mind
The successful are those who have been given opportunities, Malcolm Gladwell
success intuition blink
Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out. Malcolm Gladwell
success spring teenager
The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths of the best and the brightest and the self-made that we think outliers spring naturally from the earth. We look at the young Bill Gates and marvel that our world allowed that thirteen-year-old to become a fabulously successful entrepreneur. But that's the wrong lesson. Our world only allowed one thirteen-year-old unlimited access to a time sharing terminal in 1968. If a million teenagers had been given the same opportunity, how many more Microsofts would we have today? Malcolm Gladwell
success believe numbers
In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours. Malcolm Gladwell
success winning chess
Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option. Magnus Carlsen
successful use want
If you want to be successful, you have to be willing to use every connection you’ve got. Magic Johnson
success congratulations believe
I do not believe there is any royal road to success as an athlete any more than there is to others in everyday life. Major Taylor
success track world
To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world. Major Taylor
successful long comfort
There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful. As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. Mahatma Gandhi
success god men
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. Mahatma Gandhi
success passion keys
A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success. Mahatma Gandhi
success congratulations expectations
So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure. Gavin DeGraw
success congratulations past
I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others. Gavin Rossdale
successful talking people
When I was lucky enough to be successful, I distanced myself completely from the whole thing of units and selling copies. I just wanted to keep everyone who comes to see me happy. I spend so much time after my shows talking to people who come from all over the world to see me. I'll go out and sign a picture and have a chat. Gavin Rossdale
successful nuclear disaster
We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster Fred Thompson
success never-quit quitting
A [person] who Never quits is never defeated. Fred Thompson
successful discipline care
The person who properly disciplines himself to do those things that he does not especially care to do, becomes successful. Frank Leahy
successful winning careers
Richard Nixon's career certainly ended in failure but someone who won an election with 60 percent of the vote, won 49 out of 50 states, that makes his -up to that point - incredibly successful. The idea of winning 49 states, incredible. Frank Luntz
successful jumping giving
The Tucson speech [of Barack Obama] was brilliant, and I'm so angry at Republicans for jumping on him because you have to give credit. Part of being successful is to give credit to people who you may not disagree with when they do well. Frank Luntz
successful thinking elderly
I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much. I think of Cocoon and Driving Miss Daisy. But they always seem to be fairly successful, so it's a bit baffling as to why everybody has to be treated as if they were five-years-old. Maggie Smith
successful men thinking
I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you. Maggie Q
successful thinking want
If you lead with the anger, it will turn off the audience. And what I want is the audience to engage with the material and to listen and then to ask questions. I think that 'Ruined' was very successful at doing that. Lynn Nottage
successful careers reason-why
Sometimes I wonder why I'm a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened, and I became a writer. And now I'm a successful writer. Haruki Murakami
success three building
Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success motivation giving
We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success men long
On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
successful men envy
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success war suffering
You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success errors long
The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success mistake errors
The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success
Live dangerously and you live right. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success goal achievement
It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
success winning loses
Yes, my love, who soever lives, loses, . . . but he also wins. [Ger., Ja, meine Liebe, wer lebt, verliebt . . . aber er gewinnt auch.] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe