#succes

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#because #breathed #easier #even #know

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#compel #disarmed #example #feasible #for example

A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving. ↗

— Ray Kurzweil

#facilities #her #just #learned #less

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#applications #basically #both #business #completely

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#commitment #devote #make #oneself #particular

But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#blowing #blue-collar #deals #die #die hard

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#critics #cruise #darling #fans #i

If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren't that successful. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#people #really #successful #tell #you

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#before #career #conditional love #devote #easy

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

#get #ghetto #helped #i #main