Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.
We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.
Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more.
My faith helped me stay grounded in defeat and victory, to not get too excited about the successes and too low about the failures.
If you look at NBC, two of their most successful shows - '30 Rock' and 'Parks And Rec' - are written by women, produced by women, and I think that's the future. Women are the new men.
It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk about that stuff you were fired from.'
As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.
My father was always slightly bemused by my success. Although he knew that I had reasonable intelligence, he always thought that I was a little bit lazy.
Success in past U.S. conflicts has not been strictly the result of military leadership but rather the judgment of the president in choosing generals and setting broad strategy.
As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a novel is 'real'.
I spent my adult life as a scientist, and science is, essentially, the most successful approach we have to try and understand the vast mysteries around.
It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.
You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life.
A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.
If I had had to struggle at the beginning like most actors... I'd never have stuck it out. But having such complete success at the beginning, I was stuck with being an actor for life.
