The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.
No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
We're our own worst enemy. You doubt yourself more than anybody else ever will. If you can get past that, you can be successful.
If you desire to be successful, then find your drawback in your efforts multiply it by zero and start it from beginning with double efforts.
Always dream high. Never let it down by inconsistent efforts. Your relentless labour & integrity make you successful in the long run.
Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.
There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly paid executives. The policy is not to intermingle the two.
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.
The paradox explored in my book 'The Innovator's Dilemma' is that successful companies can fail by making the 'right' decisions in the wrong situations.
I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.
Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
To be a successful fiction writer you have to write well, write a lot … and let ‘em know you’ve written it! Then rinse and repeat.
Even if somebody in your family is successful, it doesn't change anything. On the contrary, I suppose people expect more of you in certain ways.
We help people to begin truly healthful diets, and it is absolutely wonderful to see, not only their success, but also their delight at their ability to break old habits and feel really healthy for a change.
If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
I let the whole 'Grease' experience be a springboard for me. I wanted to use the exposure I got from that very wisely to continue a successful career. It's taken a lot of work and perseverance.
Despite my professional experience, the fifteen-hour workdays, and a successful new show that I had helped build, MSNBC was still refusing to pay me what I was worth.
Experience tells us that a good foundation is critical for success in the Arctic and elsewhere. ExxonMobil's Sakhalin-1 project with Rosneft is an example where we have put this experience to work.
