PhD, MFA, self-taught—the only things you must have to become a writer are the stamina to continue and a wily, cagey heart in the face of extremity, failure, and success.
We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut
There are so many guys that come up and have strong hearts, but they just have to understand what the consequences are and how to execute the things that they learned to make themselves successful.
Thought I wanted overnight success, until I achieved it through hard work and the refusal to back down! What you earn, you keep.
If you have the dedication, means and patience to treat your daily struggle, like a step towards success, something bigger will come your way.
When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.
For my success I am immensely grateful to God, my parents, my family, my friends, my teachers and to the books I read.
The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the 'action generation' whose motto is 'do more but feel less.'
Few find success without hard work and determination. Those who do have hardly gained anything for themselves that they deserve.
We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve.
A successful woman preacher was once asked what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the ministry? Not one, she answered, except the lack of a minister's wife.
Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as a model will make that easier to achieve.
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress.
But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too guilty about winning.
There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being ridiculous. Imagine Jimmy Carter or George W. Bush rising to the top of any other profession.
I just felt it was my job to show that there is no easy way to success, and that anyone who gets even just one Top 40 hit deserves their moment in the sun. I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing.
Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles.
Success means: I want to know the work I do means something to somebody and helps make the world, if not a Better place, not a worse one.
2 Things brings Happiness & Success in Life: 1: The way U Manage when U have Nothing & 2: The way U Behave when U have Everything.
