To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness. – H. Rap Brown
Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution. – Hank Aaron
By making a company successful, you can provide more employment, and, if you treat your staff well, then your business itself becomes a charity. – Guo Guangchang
I loved being a test pilot, and so being an astronaut was – was not my end point in, you know, either I achieved success by being an astronaut, or if I don’t get picked, I’m not successful. I loved my career as a pilot, and it was a bonus to be selected as an astronaut. – Gregory H. Johnson
I think it’s always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it’s successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why. – Joss Whedon
I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing. – Jesse Ventura
After six successful Apollo flights, including two lunar landings, people were getting bored. – Jim Lovell
When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful. – Jason Calacanis
I know a lot of very rich, very successful, very lonely women in Los Angeles, and I never wanted to be one of them. – Jaime Pressly
As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I’m successful, I never feel like I’m anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I’m never content. – J. Cole
Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of public businesses. – John Mackey
I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation’s existence. – Hussein of Jordan
When something’s made in the smallest volume – as a one-off couture piece – or in large quantities, deep care is critical to determine authentic, successful design and, ultimately, manufacture. – Jonathan Ive
I don’t know if this is why everything has worked so well and I’m not sure I’d recommend this kind of thinking to anyone else, but I’ve always known I’d be successful in acting. I have certainly worked for it. – Jennifer Lawrence
Because I’m now successful, what I’m being offered as an actor is more and more of the same. – Jeremy Irons
The most energetic and prompt measures and the immediate appearance in arms of a large and overpowering force are recommended to Congress as the most certain and efficient means of bringing the existing collision with Mexico to a speedy and successful termination. – James K. Polk
There’s a lot of successful procedural shows that are out there. A lot of them are very successful. I just know there’s an audience out there that wants character also. – Jimmy Smits
I didn’t know it was possible to be successful as a writer, so I wasn’t afraid to fail. – Jamaica Kincaid
I know I have a successful career, a successful life. If I sit and say, ‘Look, I have a comfortable life,’ and I… just think about myself, I don’t think that would be fair. That would be very selfish. Because everything I do in my life is to benefit my people. – George Weah
I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I’m at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can’t. They can hit me in the face. I can’t. – Ice T
When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater. – John Lithgow
What can I tell you? I continue to be creative, but have only been commercially successful outside of the U.S. – Holly Johnson
Part of me wants nothing to do with any Hollywood. But another part of me wants to go there. I feel like I could be successful at it. – J. J. Watt
Social engineering has become about 75% of an average hacker’s toolkit, and for the most successful hackers, it reaches 90% or more. – John McAfee
Worry and reasoning are two of Satan’s most successful tools. He’ll get us started with one negative thought and then sit back and watch us finish ourselves off. – Joyce Meyer
My first film out of the gate was financially so successful that I guess, being in Hollywood, you get kind of put into a certain box. – James Wan
Let’s be very clear: Living ‘unforgiven’ is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be found in any successful person. – John Ridley
I’m a complete globalist. I think like a global CEO. But I’m an American. I run an American company. But in order for GE to be successful in the coming years, I’ve gotta sell my products in every corner of the world. – Jeffrey R. Immelt