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“[The vaccine's approval was] a huge British success story, [and] the single biggest stride that we've been able to take since this pandemic began.”
Matt Hancock (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Key to success is a stable state, not a stable government.”
Karolina Vidović-Krišto (born 1975) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in the morning talk-show Dobro jutro Hrvatska of the Croatian Radiotelevision, 13th May 2018
“Marathon actually is life. Sport is life. Resilience is one of the recipes for success. If you are not resilient then you cannot go anywhere. So it’s good to be resilient. ... That’s what’s required.”
Eliud Kipchoge (born 1984) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eliud Kipchoge (2023) cited in: "Kipchoge says leg injury foiled Boston Marathon attempt" in ClickOrlando, April 18, 2023.
“I was bewildered. I did nothing at all to promote the book, even to the extent of denying that I wrote it. I felt that if I left the streets as soon as I had some success, I'd be betraying the world that I wrote about. And the truth is that I couldn't give it up. I'd been hustling for so long that it was a habit.”
John Rechy (born 1931) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the success of his first novel City of Night in “Midnight cowboy: John Rechy recalls 40 years of hustle” in Independent (2008 Apr 7)
“The difficulties were great, the odds were greater, but Horn would conquer them. And, having conquered them, be left unsatisfied. Life holds no kindness for such a man. Any defeat short of death is only a spur; success is empty. With cold self-analysis, Horn recognized this fact, accepted it, and went on unchanged.”
Jack Williamson (1908–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Creation.… It is its own nemesis. Success is temporary, and idolization will not make the ephemeral permanent. Decay is implicit in the birth of any organism. An empire is an organism.”
Jack Williamson (1908–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At the risk of over-generalizing, my sense is that American poetry, where popular culture is concerned, is a poetry of freedom and permission—that there are certainly poets who embrace it and have enjoyed success, from a publishing perspective, in embracing it…”
Francisco Aragón (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am a born builder. I grew up pretty fearless with an understanding that if you want something in life, you have to be creative in going about achieving it. You’re not always going to have an easy path to success, but if it’s important enough you’ll figure out a way to make it work.”
Jessica Alba (born 1981) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being driven even at an early age in “Jessica Alba on Being Brave, Dealing With Self-Doubt and Overcoming Major Breakdowns” in Entrepreneur (2018 Jun 29)
“To me it felt like a question about our value system in this culture, the ways we define success for ourselves as well as others,”
Lupita Nyong'o (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You begin to suspect that Cousin-Brother-in-Law and Nyasha are not being honest, that they found each other because neither possesses the hardiness success requires, so they have dressed discouragement up in the glamour of intellect.”
Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success in life consists of standing without shame before God.”
Charbel Makhlouf (1828–1898) said by 1898 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That this play is the first play by an Asian American at our existence, is proof of the great success white racism has had with us. America might love us. But America’s love is not good. It’s racist love. I don’t want it.”
Frank Chin (born 1940) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some people love my work, some people hate it…You can’t be liked by everybody. There has been opposition in some places. I represent the opposite of what is happening in art today. But I don’t complain. It hasn’t hurt my career. I’m happy to have the success I have had.”
Fernando Botero (1932–2023) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the reactions to his work in “Botero: ‘You Can’t Be Liked By Everybody’” in ARTnews (2013 Jan 30)
“What drove Muhammad to success was his need to be loved. This is the secret behind history’s great narcissists. It is this need that drives them so tirelessly.” — p. 27”
Ali Sina (activist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even in terms of the beginning stage of the career, obstacles are something that you get so used to. The uncertainty of your life. You’ll always exist in a weird balance because you’re going for a career that’s somewhat unrealistic and not all success. There’s always challenges and you’ve gotta get through it or you’re beaten by it. It creates this kind of discipline, in a sense.”
John Boyega (born 1992) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On being an actor in “John Boyega, Star Wars Hero, Stays Up Too Late Watching The Affair” in W Magazine (2018 Jul 12)
“I’m a little bit highbrow and a little bit trashy…That’s what I think good storytelling is. If you can lure in an audience and have a good time with them, but also teach them what it’s like — to be a person of color, to be poor — that’s a success.”
Christopher Oscar Peña first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On how he defines good storytelling in “San Jose’s Christopher Oscar Peña no longer ‘Insecure’ about work” in SF Gate (2017 Jul 18)
“Mistakes clear the path for success.”
Ron English (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He attributed his electoral success during the 2019 general election to "Islington Remainers" who had branded Leave voters "stupid, uneducated, racist or wrong".”
Imran Ahmad-Khan (born 1973) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ‘Islington Remainers’ branded Leave voters ‘stupid, uneducated, racist or wrong’, says Tory MP Imran Ahmad-Khan, Channel 4 New, 12 December 2019
“And the achievement of that goal depends on the success we achieve in this land of India in establishing and maintaining a polity in accordance with our ideals. That depends on our will to live, which depends on our willingness to die.”
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi (1903–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: quoted in Venkat Dhulipala - Creating a New Medina_ State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India-Cambridge University Press (2015) 416
“The conservative response to all this remains predictable: You can’t solve complex social problems like child poverty by throwing money at them. Besides, government antipoverty programs only foster dependence and create bloated bureaucracies without solving the problem. It matters little that the success of American social programs proves this claim to be flat-out false.”
Rajan Menon (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But success in a military operation always feels short-lived. You shoulder your rifle and move on from there to the next battle.”
Lynn Compton (1921–2012) said by 2012 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hydroxychloroquine has been studied as a possible antiviral therapy for many decades. Despite showing evidence of activity against several viruses in the laboratory, it never showed success in randomized clinical trials.”
Luciana Borio first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In response to Donald Trump's statement on using the drug as treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), quoted in Ignoring Expert Opinion, Trump Again Promotes Use of Hydroxychloroquine (April 5, 2020) by Michae…
“Be honest with your work, you’ll get everything you desire & success will loves you!!!" in official Facebook (28 December 2020) Retrieved on 5 January 2021.”
Shakib Khan (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Donald's mind, he has accomplished everything on his own merits, cheating notwithstanding. How many interviews has he given in which he offers the obvious falsehood that his father loaned him a mere million dollars that he had to pay back but was otherwise solely responsible for his success? It's easy to understand why he would believe this.”
Mary L. Trump (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I like television because I like the pace of it, having to make quick decisions, I get off on that, I really love it. The fast pace lends itself to wonderful things lying dormant, ready to be tapped. Film is pretty slow, the theater is still interesting and exciting, and the success has much more to do with the ensemble you’re working with, I think.”
John Noble (born 1948) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview: John Noble (May 5, 2019)
“[I]nstitutions are the principle means by which conflict is produced and managed in society. Peace is incompatible with institutional activity. Stated in another way, the success of institutions depends upon the creation of those conditions in which personal and social conflict will flourish.”
Butler D. Shaffer (1935–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Investment success doesn’t come from "buying good things", but rather from "buying things well".”
Howard Marks (born 1946) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Most Important Thing Illuminated (2013) p.29
“I’m surprised by the success of anything I do, but it’s gratifying when the public approves.”
Toni Basil (born 1943) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Pom-Pom and Circumstances Turn Choreographer Toni Basil into An Overnight Pop Star (January 10, 1983)
“At the first establishment of Islam in India the Christians of the East were very ostentatious (estoient fort superbes) but not very devout, and the Idolaters were effeminate people unable to make much resistance. Thus it was easy for the Musalmans to subject both by force of arms. This they did with so much success that many Christians and Idolaters embraced the Law of Muhammad.”
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) said by 1689 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tavernier, Jean-Baptiste, Travels in India, Ed., William Crooke, Low Price Publications, 2000. III:137ff quoted from Jain, M. (editor) (2011). The India they saw: Foreign accounts. New Delhi: Ocean Books. Volume III Cha…
“Throughout my career, I have come to understand that in order to gain success within any professional venture, one must find the human element in everything. Within the world of medical research, biochemistry, and business, numbers and facts often lead the way. Often times, empathy doesn’t exist, and human connections aren’t at the forefront of the work day.”
Carsten Thiel wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This applies to family horror and to horror in general, but there was a real aversion in our business to the anthology format that I never understood and I never understood that because Goosebumps was such a success. And what we tried to make the executives understand is that almost every anthology worked..”
Dan Angel (born 2000) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Two Anthology Shows Made a New Generation of Horror Fans (October 31, 2020)
“Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, and it said you were going to be a star. That's why I named you Ming - because it's all about the sun and the stars and enlightenment.'”
Ming-Na Wen (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As these Ventilators are like to prove of great Benefit to Mankind, in many other Respects than are here mentioned, or can as yet be thought of; so it will be of great use, if those who shall have made farther Improvements, will... communicate them; as also an Account of the Difficulties or Success they have met with in putting the Things here proposed in execution.”
Stephen Hales (1677–1761) said by 1761 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not one for the trappings of success. I drive a one-year-old Citroën Xantia and I hate shopping. I did have a share in a glider - that is as far as it goes.”
David Sproxton (born 1954) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Feat of clay (31 December 2004)
“In some films, you don’t just need to hog center stage. I mean, I’ve done a lot of ensemble work in my career. Strangely enough, my first big success was an ensemble again, Baahubali happened to be one. I’m very secure as an actor. I know my skill and the impact I have on screen. I’ll get five scenes. I will do it to such perfection that people will remember me.”
Tamannaah Bhatia (born 1989) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversation with Barkha Dutth. (3 July 2023).
“We should always remember that when God comes to someone's help, no worldly power can stop the success He gives.”
Mirza Masroor Ahmad (born 1950) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Total Trust and Dependence on Allah, Friday Sermon November 28th, 2014
“The present crisis can only be overcome if, above all, the bishops understand it as a call and an incentive to a new spiritual awakening, drawing on the roots of our Faith. Is it not it astounding that the "conventional" seminars of so-called traditionalist communities, especially in France but not only there, have no shortage of seminarians? So why not adopt this model for success?”
Walter Brandmüller (born 1929) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Church and sexuality: An interview with Cardinal Brandmüller (January 9, 2019)
“Our efforts are our values in action...It is our values, not our weapons, that are the basis of our success, both on and off the battlefield.”
Paul W. Brier (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who became God’s boss, achieved success and those who became wife’s boss, suffered torture and died! (Quote Number: #1381)”
Dada Bhagwan (1908–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From the time one gets married he tries to improve his wife, but neither of the two improves till death. Instead, if you would have tried to cut vegetables, it would have been done (with success.) So do not try to improve the wife. She may try to improve us [men] but we should not try to reform them. (Quote Number: #1782)”
Dada Bhagwan (1908–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is even a how-to book, "Success With Science: The Winners' Guide to High School Research,”
Norman Matloff (1948–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There had been many brave men in the ranks, but they were learning that bravery of itself has little to do with success in battle.”
T. R. Fehrenbach (1925–2013) said by 2013 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Certainly all those who possess something and who have at heart to see the legal situation subsist, ought to feel that the moment has come to defend itself against the complete dissolution of society in Europe, which dissolution is to lead to most frightful anarchy....may all the measures that you take be crowned with success, that is my heartiest desire...”
Leopold I of Belgium (1790–1865) first seen 1848 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Early Belgian colonial Efforts: The long and fateful shadow of Leopold I, Page 178 Leopold to Prince Metternich, 28 February 1848, Pollman, 149.
“A government should not just manage a country—it should design a future. The success of the UAE is not an accident; it is the result of vision, leadership, and relentless effort.”
Mohammad Al Gergawi (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Instead of forever climbing the mountain of success, we need to descend into the valley of our true selves to weed out false beliefs.”
Jay Shetty (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A film like Parasite could be a very kind of positive stimulation to the Korean film industry. And maybe not all the films will achieve the same level of success, you know, it will be very difficult, but I think this will definitely inspire a lot of young filmmakers to make very creative and new works.”
Song Kang-ho (born 1967) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Song Kang-ho interview: “It’d be amazing to work with Ken Loach!”" in Eastern Kicks (17 January 2020)
“Eventually, the success of our job depends on fans' support, and I want them to take a long time before they evaluate our performances. I think fans will feel our enthusiasm and I want to live up to their expectations.”
Megumi Hayashibara (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We should regard ourselves as a part of the strength of the revolution and at the same time constantly make ourselves a target of revolution. We should revolutionize ourselves in the revolution. Without doing this is impossible to make the revolution a success.”
Lin Biao (1907–1971) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quotation from Vice-Chairman Lin Piao", in Huazhong Normal University Revolutionary Committee, "五.七" 汉英词语汇编 The May 7 Collection of Terms & Expressions (Chinese-English) (Wuhan, 1968), pp. 203-230
“Our experience has taught us that mutual confidence and respect between partners constitutes the basis of success of all efforts at unity.”
Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you get a lot of success in your career, you start believing that you can never go wrong. But I had a massive fall.”
Amit Lodha (born 1974) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source