Don't be an escort to people on their way to success, for it is equally as if you're a sign post, leading the way, and rusting at the end.
Most people inherit success and fame; if you have earned it piece by piece you will know how hard it is.
People simply say “Struggles bring you success”, but they do not understand that those struggles certainly fuck us too.
Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.
For me I'm a luxury brand trying to prove to people and the industry that it's not about being a TV celebrity in any which way, it's about being a designer and having a business and being successful at that.
One of the things about working on stage - actually, about working in show business, that is - is that it's such a collaborative effort. I suppose that everything in life is - every endeavor where people are able to be successful.
If I conduct myself publicly and privately in a way that is honorable, not just to the people of the district that I represent but to God, then I will feel like I have been successful.
It's the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.
When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.
I've been surrounded by a lot of people who felt that external success would result in them feeling good about themselves. But it just seems extremely unfulfilling to me.
I prefer to like the people I invest in, but it's not an absolute necessity, as long as they have a good mind and I know they'll do whatever it takes to be successful.
Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.
One of the differences between some successful and unsuccessful people is that one group is full of doers, while the other is full of wishers.
I believe the secret of the success of psychoanalysis resides in people's vanity.
Most of people wait to be chosen for some success for whole of their lives. And few earn it with hard work.
I tell people my only successful long-term relationship was with Jim Packard. He was my rock. I didn't realize how codependent I was.
Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.
The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.
A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.'
Rock and Roll is still asking people like me to live up to the old guard's concept of what success is but it doesn't mean anything.
I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.'
