Subject: Success (Page 6)

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

(1933 – 1998) comedian & actor
Characteristics Success

The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Success

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

Failure Murphy’s Laws Problems Success

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist
Characteristics Success

Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether.

(1945 – ) author, music journalist & cultural critic
People Situations Success

If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

Murphy’s Laws Success

Success is a public affair; failure is a private funeral.

(1907 – 1976) American actress
Failure Success

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet.

(1990 – 1946) newspaperman & writer
Activities Success

Give me two years, and I'll make her an overnight star.

(1891 – 1958) American president of Columbia Pictures & producer
Success Time

Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer
Politics Success

I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer
Self Success

Seven months ago I could give a single command and 541,000 people would immediately obey it; today I can’t get a plumber to come to my house.

(1934 – 2012) United States Army general
Occupations Success Work

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

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

writer
Family Parents Success

First year, a .500 season – second year, a conference championship – third year, undefeated – fourth year, a national championship – and in the fifth year, we’ll be on probation, of course.

1913 – 1983) American college football coach
Football Sports Success

Always be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet the same people on the way down.

Characteristics People Success

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

(1880 – ?) American author
Success

The worst part of having success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.

(1945 – ) singer, actress & comedian
Success

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

(1914 – ) historian
Money 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

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

(1923 – ) American quote & quip writer
People Speech Success