success

"Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success."

"The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly."

"What's weird is the Hot Boys and the whole New Orleans Cash Money thing had a really big impact on the Bay when that was popping off. I don't all the way understand it. I mean, I know that they were big everywhere and had a lot of commercial success in the mid to late '90s, but they were really, really felt in the Bay Area."

"Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success."

"Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality."

"The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it."

"The only thing I'm addicted to is winning. This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent."

"The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science."

"No guts, no story."

"Your world of poverty can be recreated to that of affluence simply by speaking the Prince's language."

"Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live."

"Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth."

"You know you made it, when your friends tell their friends that you are their friend."

"Prospering just doesn't have to do with money."

"I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement."

"The lesson is, because there will be many lemons in life, to learn to make the proverbial lemonade - and be open and honest. That's the best way of doing damage control and positioning yourself for success."

"I've been so fortunate in my life that my family has never been jealous of my success. They have shown true love and commitment to me by being supportive. They shared in it."

"The futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. -"

"My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know."

"Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure."