#success

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat. ↗

— Ann Landers

#defeat #honor #might #much #success

I love my work. I've had three successful series, and I want to find out if I can make a fourth. ↗

— Michael Landon

#fourth #had #i #i can #i love

I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#comfort #economy #embrace #happiness #i

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#bad #because #complaining #confident #fail

I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#could #doctor #door #girl #girl next door

People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#age #amount #because #certain #certain time

My secret for success? I don't know what the hell success means. ↗

— Al Lewis

#i #know #means #secret #success

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#between #childhood #correlation #professional #professional athlete

To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#day #event #fastest #had #human

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#had #i #like #make #required