Subject: Success (Page 5)

I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.

(1908 – 1973) 36th U.S. president
Government Success

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
People Self Success

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

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Success

When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.

(1933 – 1998) comedian & actor
Characteristics Success

Whenever a superstar is traded to your favorite team, he fades. Whenever your team trades away a useless no-name, he immediately rises to stardom.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Sports Success

She said I was afraid of success, which may in fact be true, because I have a feeling that fufilling my potential would really cut into my sittin' around time.

(1970 – ) American stand-up comedian & voice actor
Success

I’m kind of jealous of the life I’m supposedly leading.

(1975 – ) actor, director, screenwriter & producer
Life Success

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z; work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Life Success

Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Friends Old People Problems Success

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist
Life Success

If at first you don’t succeed, blame your parents.

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Family Parents Success

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion; you must first set yourself on fire.

(1925 – 1990) Canadian hockey player, coach & general manager
Hockey Sports Success

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager
Baseball Sports Success

I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president
Friends People Relationships Success Young

I wish to thank my parents for making it all possible… and I wish to thank my children for making it necessary.

(1909 – 2000) Danish-born comedian & pianist
Children Family Parents Success

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer
Success World

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Success

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

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Success Time Work

You can always tell luck from ability by its duration.

Success

Behind every successful man, you’ll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

(1908 – 1997) American actor
Appearance Clothing Men People Success Women

After a fellow gets famous it doesn’t take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Success