Famous Quotes & Sayings

Isaac Asimov

The great secret of the successful fool is that he's no fool at all

Elon Musk

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Elton John

I cannot bear successful people who are miserable.

Elton John

And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.

Elton John

Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

Ellen Barkin

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

Ellen DeGeneres

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is impossible to pursue a successful literary career and follow the advice of all one's 'best friends'.I feel compelled to follow the light which my own intellect & judgement cast upon my way, rather than any one of the many conflicting rays which other minds would lend me.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are no events so disastrous that adroit men do not draw some advantage from them, nor any so fortunate that the imprudent cannot turn to their own prejudice.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To establish ourselves in the world, we have to do all we can to appear established. To succeed in the world, we do everything we can to appear successful.

Jeremy Irons

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.

Jennifer Hudson

If you're asking yourself why I have this success and you don't, don't be angry with me-stop and ask yourself what your issues are that are holding you back.

Jeff Cooper

Regardless of what we think we know and should happen the reality is that a lot of stock action is random. Therefore, money management is crucial if you want to be successful as a trader. To me, it`s the cornerstone of both making a living at trading and building wealth.

Jeff Bezos

There are multiple ways to be externally focused that are very successful. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.

Jeff Bezos

We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.

Jeff Bezos

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'

Jeff Bridges

Sometimes you feel you're making something really special and when it comes out you might still feel that way but for some reason it doesn't get the audience. So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film.

George S. Patton

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.

George S. Patton

Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.

George S. Patton

To be a successful soldier you must know history. . . . What you must know is how man reacts. Weapons change but man who uses them changes not at all. To win battles you do not beat weapons - you beat the soul of man of the enemy man.

George S. Patton

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

My kind of success has come a little bit later in life. I'm not 20 any more and these people I've been working with have been successful and good at what they do for a long time.

Jeff Pentland

Northleaf is delighted to have been chosen to manage the new fund. We look forward to implementing the fund's long-term strategy of constructing a portfolio of high-potential venture capital funds with the scale and resources to execute their plans, support successful high-growth companies and deliver world-class returns.

Jeff Olson

The truth is, what you do matters. What you do today matters. What you do every day matters. Successful people just do the things that seem to make no difference in the act of doing them and they do them over and over and over until the compound effect kicks in.

Jeff Olson

Successful people fail their way to the top!

Jeff Olson

Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure.

Jeff Olson

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people won't do.

Jean Paul

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

Jerry Rice

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

Jerry Rice

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn’t going to let anything stand in my way.

Jerry Saltz

Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed her work, because I find nothing in it to get excited about no matter how hard I look.

Jerome K. Jerome

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.