“They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.”
— Mahalia Jackson
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Success is peace of mind, which is
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.”
— John Wooden
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Success to me is having ten honeydew
“Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.”
— Barbra Streisand
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Success and money can really be quite
“Success and money can really be quite blinding.”
— Jim Harrison
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In America, as opposed to the old
“In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.”
— Rand Paul
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The common idea that success spoils people
“The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
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My formula for success is rise early,
“My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.”
— Paul Getty
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For an actress to be a success,
“For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.”
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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We create success or failure on the
“We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.”
— Gary Player
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At Princeton I gained a great deal
“At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.”
— Brooke Shields
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Failure is not our only punishment for
“Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.”
— Jules Renard
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