951 private quotes tagged success

“I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.” — Mindy Kaling

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“My career started young and I was really ambitious, and then I had success and I hung out with people who were much older. I think I might have been temporally misplaced, so I thought I was 40. It was a premature midlife crisis.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

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“The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.” — Thomas R. Dewar

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“The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.” — Sammy Davis, Jr.

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“The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded, in touch, in love, connected, emotionally balanced? Look within yourself.” — Celine Dion

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“When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.” — Elizabeth Gilbert

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“The best revenge in the world is success.” — Suge Knight

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“They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.” — Mahalia Jackson

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“Anytime you play a team sport, the success of the team really makes everything better. It's nice.” — Ricky Williams

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“My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model.” — Arlen Specter

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“I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?” — Omar Epps

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“I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.” — Erykah Badu

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“Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success.” — Paul Simon

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“The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.” — Sammy Davis, Jr.

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“A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.” — Bill Shankly

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“Everyone has determination - it's a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering she doesn't care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we're very, very different.” — Dannii Minogue

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“In the end, you make your reputation and you have your success based upon credibility and being able to provide people who are really hungry for information what they want.” — Brit Hume

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“There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.” — Bryan Adams

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“Success makes you less intimidated by things.” — Nate Silver

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“As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.” — Joseph Prince

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“Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on.” — Brett Favre

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“Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.” — will.i.am

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“It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.” — Gerald R. Ford

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“Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.” — Betsey Johnson

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“The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.” — Robert Collier

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