There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
The great victories are never won in the first blow.
There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
Be nice to people on your way up, because you're going to meet them all on your way down.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Opportunity knocks only once.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Action is the foundational key to all success.
A winner loses more often than losers.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.
Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them.
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is a progress. Working together is a success.
If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.
There is no substitute for victory.
People will listen a great deal more patiently while you explain your mistakes than when you explain your successes.
The only way to be number one is to be number one.
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.
A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.
You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Nothing much happens without a dream. For something really great to happen, it takes a really great dream.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it.