Quotes about Success

Amusement, on the other hand, is sought for the sake of pleasure and is often carried to excess; it absorbs the energies that are required for useful work and thus proves a hindrance to life's true success.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." "In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing." "The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."

The proud may be for a time in great power, and may see success in all that they undertake; but in the end they will find only disappointment and wretchedness.

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

People have now started recognizing me as well as my family.

I made a CD in my dorm room and put it on the Internet, and my friends blew it up. Within a few months, I was doing shows across the country without a record deal, without a single, without anything.

'Nothing's Real' is about my first-ever panic attack, which I had about four months after getting my record deal.

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

I listen to my old records and I think, 'How did I ever get on the radio?'

Our efforts in Congress should focus on what we can agree on: investing in the success of local entrepreneurs to create jobs, helping hard-working families get ahead and reducing our spiraling debt.

When I got the confirmation that I had been chosen for 'Fukrey,' it was the happiest moment of my life.