Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.
It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
You need people to encourage you along the way, both during your success and failures, because there will be both.
The reasoning for our civil-military plan is that lasting success will be when the Afghan government, security forces and people can resist the insurgents and terrorists themselves.
Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.
If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded.
Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success.
A lot of America's success is because we're an open society and haven't brought dogma or religious influence into the American political process.
Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.
I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.
I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.
Everyone has determination - it's a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering; she doesn't care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we're very, very different.
You should never turn your back on the market that gave you notoriety and be who you are and give you the numbers it gives you in the United States. I can't deny that the success I've had in the United States or the success that 'Pulling Strings' was due to my work in Latin America.
Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard.
Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined, and researchers were often classically trained in only one discipline. In the late 19th century, knowledge of science was not a requisite for success in other walks of life.
Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap.
Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.
Control success before it controls you.
I feel like I owe something to America, as it is where I found success.
When 'Pizza' released, I was a nobody. Initially, we managed to get only 100 screens. But, after its success, the producers of 'Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom' got 150 screens and also released the film in the U.S. Now, distributors are keen to invest in my films because they feel I have face value.
The success of the film is down to the crew.
The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.
Liberals will continue to put forward positive solutions that will help our economy grow and give all Canadians a real and fair chance at success.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Before Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, there was the same sort of talk of young men sacrificing their lives so that a country might grow - that somehow it had been a great nation-building success for Newfoundland.
Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.
I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.
I've had a good life. Enough happiness, enough success.
I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.
Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.
I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.
Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.
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.
If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.
