The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.
Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.
Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success.
Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.
Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
I want to see success right away. And I want to never give up, never stop.
There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success.
Telecom is a dramatic success in India and our view is, respecting the political process, and respecting the fact that these are sovereign decisions, is that, approaching India as a friend.
The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.
I think if you come straight on honest as much as you can, eventually that turns into success. Maybe not as quick as you'd like.
I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.
You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.
I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!
When countries commit to protecting vulnerable lives, they should receive support from those who can provide it in order to make their programs a success.