Subject: Success (Page 5)

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.

(1874 – 1963) American poet

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

We must believe in luck; for how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like.

(1889 – 1963) French poet, novelist, playwright, artist & filmmaker

All my life affection has been showered on me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

In America any boy may become President and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.

(1901 – 1989) wife of Lester Bowles Pearson, Canadian prime minister

It’s a little like wrestling a gorilla; you don’t quit when you’re tired—you quit when the gorilla is tired.

(1913 – 1975) American actor

I owe it all to little chocolate donuts.

(1949 – 1982) American comedian, actor & musician

If at first you don't succeed, try try again… then quit; there's no use being a damn fool about it.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author

Brute force, clumsiness, ignorance, and superstition will always triumph over science, skill, knowledge, and logic.

Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

[Fame] makes you feel permanently like a girl walking past construction workers.

(1963 – ) American actor & film producer

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

Life is strange; every so often a good man wins.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

Authorization for a project will be granted only when none of the authorizers can be blamed if the project fails but when all of the authorizers can claim credit if it succeeds.

If at first you don’t succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

The usual drawback to success is that it annoys one’s friends so.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist