Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.
Patience is a key element of success.
Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.
The four levels of comedy: make your friends laugh, make strangers laugh, get paid to make strangers laugh, and make people talk like you because it's so much fun.
Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.
Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
Be so good they can't ignore you.
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
I did stand-up comedy for eighteen years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four were spent in wild success.
I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well.
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
The man who wins out and survives does so only because of superior science and strategy.
With Breaking Bad I feel like I pulled the lever at the slot machine, and it came up cherries.
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.
Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.
Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.
It is those who are successful who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success.
Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that's what you are seeking.
If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.
The most meaningful way to succeed is to help other people succeed.
The best way to get what you want in life is to deserve what you want.
The superheroes you have in your mind are nearly all walking flaws who've maximized one or two strengths.
The most successful entrepreneurs don't have more time. They have more leverage.
Success is not delivering a feature; success is learning how to solve the customer's problem.
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.
Success is the product of daily habits — not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
