#success

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death. ↗

— Rupert Holmes

#been #bitten #both #butter #cream

I tell you, life is extraordinary. A few years ago I couldn’t write anything or sell anything, I’d passed the age where you know all the returns are in, I’d had my chance and done my best and failed. And how was I to know the miracle waiting to happen round the corner in late middle age? 84, Charing Cross Road was no best seller, you understand; it didn’t make me rich or famous. It just got me hundreds of letters and phone calls from people I never knew existed; it got me wonderful reviews; it restored a self-confidence and self-esteem I’d lost somewhere along the way, God knows how many years ago. It brought me to England. It changed my life. ↗

— Helene Hanff

#success #age

The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name. ↗

— William Dampier

#apt #everything #fortune #good #hardly

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. ↗

— Michael Dell

#dream #even #framework #genius #graduate

You cannot wish for happiness but you can work towards your life goals and create lasting happiness. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

To turn your dreams into reality, all your resources, efforts and concentration should be aligned in the same direction. ↗

— Roopleen

#courage #determination #goals #inspiration #inspire

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#carefully #girl #great #her #plain

Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful. ↗

— Roberta Flack

#faith #hard #kind #means #music

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#bored #commercial #commercial success #forgotten #incredible

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#by the time #family #friends #i #judge