Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
The success that Pantera had, I could have never, ever forecasted or predicted, and I always felt a responsibility to try to pay even a bit of it forward.
People have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it.
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
If greater openness is a key to economic success, I believe there is increasingly a need for openness in the political sphere as well.
The goals are not about the sweet smell of success as much as it's about enjoying a damn day on the movie set... I live in a complete state of grace.
I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians - old and young - coming to Europe and America and having some success. I'm happy to have contributed to that.
Reformation names the disunity in which we currently stand. We who remain in the Protestant tradition want to say that Reformation was a success.
The success of 'The Simpsons' really opened doors. It showed that if you were working in animation you didn't necessarily have to be working in kids' television.
We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.
The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
The ultimate point of a piece for me is that it drives the next one. Does it open new doors? That's the success of a piece.
I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite.
Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work.
The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.
Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.
For anyone who's been in care, successfully coming through the system is nothing to with money or success; it's the ability to feel love and be loved in return.