They succeed because they think they can. Virgil
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it. W C Fields
The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Irving Berlin
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. Albert Einstein, cited LIFE 2 Mary 1955
Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. Coco Chanel, Believing in Ourselves: The Wisdom of Women
’Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we’ll do more, Sempronius,—
We’ll deserve it. Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy I:II
Tis a lesson you should heed,
Try, try again.
If at first you don’t succeed,
Try, try again. William Edward Hickson, 1803–1870, Try and Try Again
For me success was always going to be a Lamborghini. But now I’ve got it, it just sits on my drive. 50 Cent
Nothing succeeds like success. Alexandre Dumas, Ange Pitou I:72
Self-trust is the first secret of success. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Success
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. Charles de Montesquieu, Pensées Diverses
The success of the wicked entices many more. Phaedrus, Fables II:3:7
Times are hard all right. Same again? Ian Bleasdale, Play for Today: The Muscle Market 1981 ***** starring Bernard Hill & Pete Postlethwaite et al, golfers at bar
I’ve worked hard for all this. This [car] and me business and me house. And everything. And for you. And what happens when I get here? Country’s falling apart. Me arse is hanging out the building game. Kids couldn’t wait to leave home. I’ve got no real friends. Me wife’s a sex maniac, and me mistress gets headaches. ibid. Danny to secretary in car
I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. George W Bush, interview Associated Press January 2001
Close to an overnight success. The Carpenters, Close to You ***** Richard, BBC 2002
Donald Trump was one of the heroes of the age [’90s]. But in reality much of his success was a facade. The banks who had lent Trump millions had discovered he could no longer pay the interest on the loans. Trump’s empire was facing bankruptcy. Adam Curtis, HyperNormalisation
It’s the question that everyone wants an answer to: what is the secret to extraordinary success? Is it grit? Is it determination? Luck? Or is it who you know? The Secret to Extraordinary Success, BBC 2015
Success in business is not a fine science … Not all of my ventures have succeeded. ibid.
Certain factors that can give us all a fighting chance … Have the confidence to change what you don’t like … Self-trust … ‘You’re really only investing in the person’ … It’s that self-doubt that drives her … We don’t readily take no for an answer … ibid.
I think she began to despise me when I became successful. Shoot the Piano Player 1960 starring Charles Aznavour & Marie Dubois & Nicole Berger & Michele Mercier & Serge Davri & Claude Mansard & Richard Kanayan & Albert Remy & Jean-Jacques Aslanian et al, director Francois Truffaut, Charlie
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way. Robert Kiyosaki
I’m the most successful person ever to run for the presidency, by far. Nobody’s ever been more successful than me. I’m the most successful person ever to run. Donald Trump, cited Des Moines Register 2015
We learn from failure, not from success! Bram Stoker, Dracula
Success is a value we admire apparently more than any other. Matthew Collings, Hello Culture: Celebrity, 2001
If you have no critics you’ll likely have no success. Malcolm X
Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. Walter Lippmann
You don’t have to go to college to be a success ... We need the people who run the offices, the people who do the hard physical work of our society. George H W Bush