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“My work, in which I have had much success, as the world counts success; the causes, great and small, in which I have laboured; the varied passions I have chronicled in this book; as soon as the comparison is made, the answer is plain.”
Bernard Levin (1928–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every person in this world wants to know the secrete behind success in professional as well as personal life. Having positive attitude is the key to achieving success in life.”
Gaur Gopal Das (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success is standing. Success is getting to the end and not losing my mind.”
Laurence Fox (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Filmmaking is a journey. Some people are lucky, they get instant success but for others it’s a process, it’s not something that can be achieved in a day. You might even get success overnight but the effort, the dedication, the passion and the love for making films are a continuous process.”
Rima Das (born 1977) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hindustan Times Article - Filmmaking is a journey, says Rima Das - 22 May 2020 - Archive
“Race has never been less significant a factor in American success, but it has never been more significant a factor for the Democratic party's success.”
Larry Elder (born 1952) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Larry Elder - 'Police Systemic Racism Is a Dangerous Lie'" (at 34m54s), Triggernometry, 25 April 2021.
“People define success as making a lot of money and going up the corporate ladder. For me, my success was getting up every day and going to work in spite of how I felt.”
Lorna Irungu (1970–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Career success and personal success are derived from having set goals and staying focused on them as well as having integrity,being reliable,diligent and hard working.”
Nimi Akinkugbe wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We know that if we can support developing economies to embrace and use the technologies that achieve net zero emissions, and see their economies grow and increase their jobs, that is not only wonderful for those economies and their peoples, but it also is good for Australia. We know that their success will also be our success.”
Scott Morrison (born 1968) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Virtual Remarks to the UN General Assembly" (24 September 2021)
“Good leaders change bad attitudes, and open up opportunities. I recommend that countries with high numbers of peacekeeping forces, such as Rwanda, should collaborate and share best practices and strategies. Success stories bring other success stories”
Valentine Rugwabiza (born 1963) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ["Rwanda makes case for greater women’s role in peacekeeping"], The New Times (07 May 2018)
“God has been my pillar of success. In addition, hard work is the root of my success story, and thanks to everyone who believes in my abilities and appreciates my works.”
Kiki Omeili (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The road to success is not usually smooth; there are obstacles you may meet on your way. You need the grace, mercy, love and fear of God to climb the ladder of success. Again, you must embrace hard work and prayer, because nothing good comes easy.”
Kiki Omeili (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To me, success is using your full potential in a way that brings deep joy without compromising freedom or risking others. Aspiring actors should ask themselves what success means to them, how ready they are to face challenges, and what sacrifices they are willing to make”
Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Umuhire talks role in ‘A Quiet Place,’ Kigali Cine JunctionThe New Times(July 31, 2024)
“The Rwanda tourism week has been a success, a great way to close 2022 and start another year to implement signed partnerships and what we have learnt. This way, we shall be moving in the right direction, assured of success in growing the industry.”
Michaella Rugwizangoga first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The chief tourism officer at Rwanda development board, Michaella Rugwizangoga said (all africa, 7 December, 2022)
“Success means doing something that impacts on the lives of others. Success means impact, and means significance.”
Glenda Gray (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To me success is about being able to sleep without a worry. And I say this because peaceful sleep is the hardest to achieve today. Success is also being able to look at myself in the mirror with pride and be happy with what I am doing.”
Kanika Tekriwal (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am delighted for this honour. His Excellency’s government is our government, and his success is the success of the people of Kwara. I must appreciate Your Excellency for the confidence reposed in me. I will do my best to support your vision for the state, especially in the education sector”
Sa'adatu Modibbo Kawu wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Consciously deciding not to, knowing and understanding what comes with being Nigerian in our world today, and choosing to stay focused on individual success, will one day lead to our collective success as a nation.”
Laila Johnson-Salami (born 1997) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success has a way of distorting your view. Keep winning, don't wallow in yesterday's success.”
Karimot Odebode wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Give your influence away," she urged her listeners. "Amplify your impact by creating other leaders. Think of yourself as a kingmaker, a queenmaker." Invest in the success of the people in whom you see potential, she continued, because building one another up goes both ways. "You won't be successful if your people don't believe in you, so you have to invest in their success as well.”
Carla Harris (born 1962) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carla Harris Urges Women to Use Their Power to Advance Themselves and Others SHRM (November 15, 2023)
“There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. Instead, everybody rejoices generously, sincerely, in your good fortune.”
Marie Dressler (1868–1934) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My Own Story (1934), Ch. 17
“I'm fully qualified, I'm a woman, I was born a woman, I lived a woman, there's no doubt about that. These people, they are the enemies of success, it's what I call them, it gives my success a special taste because of these attacks.”
Imane Khelif (born 1999) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement after winning a Gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, as cited in "Imane Khelif: Gender-row Olympic boxer names JK Rowling and Elon Musk in cyber bullying legal complaint", Evening Standard (14 August 2024)
“Success can beget success, and celebrating at work helps to build momentum, improve morale, and make the hard times feel all the more worth it.”
Charlotte Lobe wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success if the best revenge. I always feel women should answer back either with their sarcasm or success.”
Kangana Ranaut (born 1986) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Virtue we still consider the best goal for others: but for ourselves, success. Success is the new god, and will be, I suppose, for some time yet, so zealously is the altar flame guarded.”
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t think success is a final destination. For me, success is about balance. It’s a challenge that I face because as a career-oriented woman whose married and has other caps to wear is quite hard”
Kajal Bagwandeen (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The truth is that they say anything that a woman has a hand in brings forth success, so if I’m loved by women, then I’m a success.”
Rotimi Salami first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rotimi Salami: I’m a success with love from female fans 01 May 2021, NATION (Nigeria)
“We all want to be seen, heard, and understood. And when someone sees you and can understand your experience, it’s a very powerful thing. And I think that was one of the things that I was able to bring to the brand… For me to have had the success that I did, and for that success to have been rooted in Black culture, I think was really impactful for a lot of people.”
Christina Norman first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an interview with Louis Carr as Head of Content, THINK450 the innovative arm of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). January 9, 2024
“There’s a lot of focus on the path to profitability while also gaining share and driving growth in the market. So scalability becomes really paramount for success as we think about the longevity of our business model, as well as the success of the industry as a whole”
“🔹 “Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success.”
Anne Curtis (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An ignorant man will trust to luck for success; an educated man will make success. God helps those who help themselves. (from Chapter XLIX: The New Era)”
William Wells Brown (1814–1884) said by 1884 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most young Nigerians are focused on how to get a job, but entertainment becomes worthy of youth because it gives them an alternative expression. I think success in any aspect of life is measurable, and for me, success is not based on how much money you make but it is based on how much impact you have had.”
“My personal success lies in the safety I’ve gained from being open and visible over the years. I feel secure. I’m no longer afraid of being outed in the papers, or of a call from a friend or family member. I’m no longer worried about that, I’ve overcome that fear. That is my greatest success.”
Frank Mugisha (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Especially with the success of the club, you have to make sure that you are at that level that can continue the success of the first team,”
Godfrey Sapula (born 1973) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sapula issues warning to former footballers, August 2024, KICKOFF, by KO Staff
“Success; I want to be part of someone’s success story. That is pure happiness for me and it has less to do with money.”
Joram Muzira (born 1987) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”
Laozi (misattributed) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is actually a quote from a 2004 book by Aileen Miga and Janice Hughes called Inspired Wealth: Financial Leadership for the 21st Century, page 44. The misattribution has been attested since at least 2006.
“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success.”
Joseph Goebbels (misattributed) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Actually from "War Propaganda", in volume 1, chapter 6 of Mein Kampf (1925), by Adolf Hitler
“Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit; For whatsoe’er we perpetrate, We do but row—w’are steer’d by fate, Which in success oft disinherits, For spurious causes, noblest merits.”
Samuel Butler (poet) (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it … Success is shy — it won't come out while you're watching.”
Tennessee Williams (misattributed) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No known citation to Williams. Attributed in Quote Unquote (A Handbook of Quotations), 2005, MP Singh, Lotus Press.
“They know that professional success is no longer solely linked to academic success, as it once was.”
Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thus times do shift; each thing his turn does hold: New things succeed, as former things grow old.”
Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Robert Herrick
“I don’t think they (the Chinese) have better friends in Africa than us. But when we compare to how much money we get, if we succeed, if the MCA is funded by the US Congress for Tanzania, it’s going to be $700 Million. It’s going to be huge, it may be a total of all the Chinese have been giving us all these years.”
Jakaya Kikwete (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Catholic writer really needs only three things to succeed: faith, hope and ingenuity" (31).”
Dana Gioia (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art, there is no doubt, indeed, but the minute painter would be more apt to succeed; but it is not the eye, it is the mind, which the painter of genius desires to address; nor will he waste a moment upon those smaller objects, which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart.”
Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) said by 1792 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are in great hopes about poor Lydia.- An honest and ingenious motherly woman in our neighbourhood has undertaken the perfect cure of her, and we have every reason to think, with God's blessing, she will succeed- which is a blessing we shall owe entirely to the comfort of being poor, for had we been rich, the doctors would have had the honor of killing her a twelvemonth ago.”
Ignatius Sancho (1729–1780) first seen 1775 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (from vol 1, letter 28: 4 Oct 1775, to Miss L___ ) [sadly, little Lydia Sancho died in 1776]
“The women who are completely on our side – i.e., those who are wholly dedicated and who have accepted our program in its entirety. We should regard these women as the most valuable or our treasures; without their help, we would never succeed.”
Sergey Nechayev (1847–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He did not even try, for fear of succeeding. What could he say? “Disarm. Seek peace. Hammer your swords into ploughshares.” And suppose they did? The enemy would strike again—and succeed, against an unprepared nation.”
Henry Kuttner (1915–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dale Carnegie, quoted in Permission to Play : Taking Time to Renew Your Smile (2003) by Jill Murphy Long, p. 69
“The bottom line is this is not a war we want to get into. We can win the battle of Iraq, but that is not the war. It's not a war that can be won in the traditional sense. If we succeed in ousting Saddam Hussein, what then? Who is going to run Iraq afterwards? We cannot do it. The country is a mish mash of factions who hate each other.”
Jim Rogers (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: 占·羅傑斯 (zh)
“But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.”
George Colman the Younger (1762–1836) said by 1836 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: George Colman, The Younger
“One need not hope in order to undertake, nor succeed in order to persevere.”
William the Silent (1533–1584) said by 1584 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in O Canada: An American's Notes on Canadian Culture (1963) by Edmund Wilson