We have the kind of self-made-man myth, which says that super-successful people did it themselves.
I know a lot of successful people and none of them are stupid.
Successful people just don't let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I'd have people come up to me after my shows, and they'd say they want to do stand-up but are scared they're going to fail. I'd tell them, "You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures."
The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.
My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and I, and they, would sink into the kind of economic insecurity that their generation knew so well.
Working really hard is what successful people do.
People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.
Successful people willingly do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.
Happy people, enlightened people, successful people all share something in common. They have learned how to manage and increase their energy.
Unsuccessful people think about what they don’t want most of the time. They talk about problems, listen to news & gossip, & spend their time blaming circumstances, situations & others. Successful people think about what they want & how they will get it. They are intensely focused on their goals & the information needed to help obtain them. Which person are YOU?
The most successful people in the world are people who were rejected more than anybody else.
Successful people in real estate are nicest people you can know.
Don't be confused by what looks like luck to you. Lucky people don't make successful people; people who completely commit themselves to success seem to get lucky in life.
Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.
Successful people...focus on the rewards of success: learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations.
People, especially successful people, are habitual creatures. They're organized. This makes them productive - Gus Mitchell
We are all afraid. That's the thing that unites all truly successful people: fear, fear of failing, fear of criticism, fear of letting down the team in some way. That why they try so hard, that's why they pay attention to detail and try to get every possible duck in a row. It's fear
The 7 Practices of Exceptional Student Athletes is an excellent book for student athletes to understand what it takes to be successful. It covers all phases of life, and it is filled with wonderful wisdom. Illustrated by brilliant examples of very successful people, The 7 Practices of Exceptional Student Athletes forces student athletes to use their common sense as they work to achieve their goals. Raven Magwood is a very talented person and an extremely gifted writer.
The Labor Party is not going to profit from having these proven unsuccessful people around who are frightened of their own shadow and won't get out of bed in the morning unless they've had a focus group report to tell them which side of bed to get out.
I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built.
I cannot bear successful people who are miserable.
If you consistently and persistently do the things that other successful people do, nothing in the world can stop you from being a big success also.
Your future is found in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what others do occasionally!
Desire is the intangible quality that has more impact on success than talent, education, or IQ. You can't see desire, but you can feel its presence, and see its results in the lives of successful people.
Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, "I'm not opening." That's a successful guy.
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