In the United States there’s a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. – Umberto Eco
Books written by boys are given very different treatment to those written by girls: they’re even given very different covers. People also expect, in this YA-booming world, girls to be less experimental than boys: girls are achieving a lot of success, but they’re confined. – Sarah Rees Brennan
Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing. – Sugar Ray Leonard
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success. – Tom Petty
When you delegate work to the member of the team, your job is to clearly frame success and describe the objectives. – Steven Sinofsky
Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears. – Susana Martinez
I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism. – Sylvester Stallone
I’ve spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can’t stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success. – Sophia Myles
Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world. – Zalmay Khalilzad
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. – Swami Sivananda
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. – Tom Peters
When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous ‘something artistic,’ that they would love me more. – Sia Furler
Women right now kind of have this idea of success – putting your career first and then having kids. On one side, it’s perfect and it’s a great plan, but on the other side, they don’t explain to you that after age 35, you start losing eggs. – Thalia
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends. – William Hazlitt
An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success. – Stephen Covey
The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn’t matter: anything can be fixed. When you’re directing, you can agonize, but you can’t indulge. Stuff has to happen. – Tony Goldwyn
My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can’t let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that’s useful to know. – Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
I’ve had lots of commercial success. I’ve also had some terrible reviews and some wonderful reviews. – Susan Isaacs
The very success of the modern American family – where kids get punctually to SAT-tutoring classes, the mortgage gets paid, the second-story remodel stays on budget – surely depends on spouses’ not being in love. – Sandra Tsing Loh
If I die tomorrow, I’ve done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security – music and acting – and I’ve had success in both. I can’t really complain. I try not to live my life that way. – Yul Vazquez
Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls. – Suresh Raina
My dad was my best friend. I worshipped him. All of my success in life really comes from him. He believed that you get nothing from negativity. – Stephen J. Cannell
Any time you’re stepping out on a limb as an artist, it’s scary, especially when you have a lot of success. When you’re reaching a lot of people, the masses, it’s easy to stay in that niche, you know? Especially when you’re making a lot of money and you know there’s a formula, it’s easy to stay in that rut. – Scott Weiland
While ‘The Owner’s Manual’ is not a formula for guaranteed success by any means, we’re confident it will help reduce the failure rate of most startups that use our Customer Development process. – Steve Blank