“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” BodySpiritCoursesLeadershipHistorySuccessfulCommitmentDeterminationMissionsDeterminedOptimisticDownsizingGetting Fired Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“I'm going to make decisions that I think are best for me and my family. So, when I make these decisions, of course I'm going to ask people for advice, but at the end of the day, Brandon Jennings makes the decisions. And I feel like the decisions that I've made so far have been successful.” PeopleThinkingFeelsHas BeensMadeEndsCoursesAsksDecisionSuccessfulAdviceMy FamilyThe End Of The Day Author:Brandon Jennings
“Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of course, the right legal and financial framework has to be provided for productive enterprise to develop.” MatterCoursesSuccessfulFinancialPracticalsEntrepreneurshipEnterpriseProductiveFundFrameworkFlairPractical Knowledge Author:Margaret Thatcher
“What an artist does, is fail. Any reading of the literature, (I mean the literature of artistic creation), however summary, will persuade you instantly that the paradigmatic artistic experience is that of failure. The actualization fails to meet, equal, the intuition. There is something "out there" which cannot be brought "here". This is standard. I don't mean bad artists, I mean good artists. There is no such thing as a "successful artist" (except, of course, in worldly terms).” MeanDoeArtArtistCoursesReadingLiteratureTermSuccessfulFailingCreationEqualStandardsIntuitionArtisticWorldlyGood ArtSummaryGood ArtistActualizationArtistic CreationSuccessful Artists Author:Donald Barthelme
“I do like to try and see myself in football players. Everybody is different and express themselves in different ways. There are different kinds of talents of course and there are many who I would never have had the talent that they have when I was a player. But I still had that determination to be successful and try my best.” WayTryingKindStillsDifferentCoursesSuccessfulPlayerTalentFootballDeterminationDifferent WaysBeing SuccessfulDifferent KindsFootball Player Author:Alex Ferguson
“Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Don't ever underestimate the power of planning. You can't make your vision come to life unless you outline each goal-driven step at a time. And you can't reach your full potential unless you plan how to make the most of your purpose and passion. When you look around and see people who are the captains of their ship, invariably they have taken pains to chart their successful course through life.” PeopleLooksPainPurposePassionCoursesGoalLeaderVisionStepsSuccessfulTakenPlansDrivenPlanningShipsCaptainsUnderestimateOutlinesSteersFull PotentialPurpose And Passion Author:John C. Maxwell
“Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.” CoursesSuccessfulEnvyMillionaireBeggar Book:The Conquest of Happiness Source: The Conquest of Happiness
“To be successful in the world of art you must, of course, have talent, although very small talents have gone very far in this age. Just as the microphone gave volume to voices that had none, so does the science of press-agentry magnify limited skills into highly saleable properties.” WorldDoeArtAgeArtistCoursesVoiceGoneSuccessfulTalentSkillsPressesPropertyBeing SuccessfulVolumeMicrophones Book:More in Anger Source: More in Anger
“No matter how successful, beloved, influential her work was, when a woman author dies, nine times out of ten, she gets dropped from the lists, the courses, the anthologies, while the men get kept. ... If she had the nerve to have children, her chances of getting dropped are higher still. ... So if you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.” IfsMenWantWritingChildrenStillsMatterKidsDiesCoursesChanceSuccessfulTakenHe ManHigherTenSuicideListsNineCommitBelovedNervesInfluentialAnthology Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Of course, Jastrow's comment is exaggerated at best; theologians hardly predicted the Big Bang. If our universe turns out to be closed, hence with an end, this does not mean apocalyptic visions of the end of the world were on target. And even if a beginning for the universe is a successful prediction of one version of theism, this is still not that impressive. After all, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. The Big Bang becomes strong support for God only with an argument showing that such a beginning requires a Creator.” IfsWorldMeanDoeStillsEndsBigsReligionTurnsUniverseCoursesStrongVisionSupportSuccessfulArgumentCreatorVersionsClockTargetCommentPredictionsTheologianEnd Of The WorldBangsImpressiveExaggeratedApocalypticTheismStopped Clock Author:Taner Edis
“To have a successful team, you have to have great players of course - but you have to have good personalities and good people as well.” PeopleWellsCoursesSuccessfulPlayerTeamPersonalityGood PeopleGood PersonSuccessful TeamGood Personality Author:David Beckham
“Sometimes you get lucky - you don't put much work in and you're successful anyway. But over the course of time, if you really want to shape your path, I think it's about the quality of the time you put in.” IfsThinkingWantSometimesCoursesQualityPathSuccessfulShapesLuckyLucky You Author:Blake Griffin
“Rejection is, of course, part of any successful model's career, as ironic as that sounds. It's how you pick yourself up and get on with the job.” JobsCoursesSoundCareersSuccessfulModelsPicksRejectionIronicPick Yourself Up Author:Erin O'Connor
“I'm not suggesting that all men are beautiful, vulnerable boys, but we all started out that way. What happened to us? How did we become monsters of feminist nightmares? The answer, of course, is that we underwent a careful and deliberate process of gender training, sometimes brutal, always dehumanizing, cutting away large chunks of ourselves. Little girls went through something similarly crippling. If the gender training was successful, we each ended up being half a person.” IfsMenWayLittlesPersonsSometimesBeautifulGirlCoursesProcessAnswersHalfBoysSuccessfulCuttingHappenedTrainingFeministCarefulGenderMonstersVulnerableNightmareBrutalDeliberateSuggestingChunks Author:Frank Pittman
“Six Secrets to Being a Successful Humorist 1. Be scared, unhappy, and an outcast as a kid. 2. Drop out of high school. 3. Spend time alone. 4. Don't take a comedy course. 5. Read other humorists but don't worship them. 6. Don't get your hopes up.” HumorKidsSchoolFunnyCoursesSecretSuccessfulComedySixWorshipHigh SchoolScaredUnhappyEnd TimesSpend TimeMe AloneOutcastHumoristsAlone TimeHopes Up Author:Bruce McCall
“Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either direction have consequences. People who grossly overestimate their capabilities undertake activities that are clearly beyond their reach. As a result, they get themselves into considerable difficulties, undermine their credibility, and suffer needless failures. Some of the missteps, of course, can produce serious, irreparable harm” PeopleSufferingValuesCoursesResultsSuccessfulProduceSeriousActivityConsequenceDifficultyHarmCapabilityAccurateCredibilityEfficacySelf EfficacyOverestimateIrreparableAppraisalIrreparable Harm Author:Albert Bandura
“Any successful corporation, if they adopt the three, they're going to be not just wealthy but they're going to be balanced. A lot of corporations adopt exercise, discipline, no affection. But you must maintain the three, because it's part of what you need. You need physical stimulation, you need mental stimulation and of course you need emotional stimulation.” IfsNeedsThreeCoursesSuccessfulEmotionalDisciplineExerciseAffectionCorporationsWealthyBalancedNeed YouStimulation Author:Cesar Millan
“However the great successes of science - Galileo's telescopic observations, Newton's law of gravity, etc - all of this great success caused people to sort of say, what if we could establish religion on that same successful basis? What if we could have a good rational foundation for religious belief. What if religion could be sort of like science. Of course, that can't be.” PeopleIfsLawCoursesBeliefReligiousSuccessfulBasesFoundationRationalObservationEtcWhat IfGravityNewtonReligious BeliefGreat SuccessNewton's Laws Author:George Coyne
“Being pretty successful, I can, of course, afford some luxuries. But I realize again and again how we have to disillusion ourselves of the idea that these things are going to give us real satisfaction.” GivingI CanIdeasRealCoursesRealizingSuccessfulSatisfactionLuxuryAgain And AgainDisillusionBeing Pretty Author:Sam Keen
“If you look at television shows, which of course are fictional so you don't expect them to be real, but they're constantly showing career women who are also successful mothers and also look gorgeous. And we fall into believing that these fictional lives are somehow accurate depictions of what our real lives should be about.” IfsShouldBelieveLooksRealShowsMotherFallCoursesCareersSuccessfulTelevisionReal LifeBeing RealAccurateGorgeousTelevision ShowsDepictionCareer Women Author:Debora Spar
“I don't make rules myself. I didn't study enough to be able to make them. I'm too stupid. I spend my whole life making movies, so I have to enjoy it. Even at times when we had a very tight and difficult schedule, it was always enjoyable. Of course I wonder if the film will be successful afterwards. It's wonderful if a film becomes successful as a result of the enjoyment that we had” IfsEnoughWholeAbleFilmCoursesEnjoyDifficultResultsWonderStudySuccessfulWonderfulStupidWhole LifeEnjoymentBeing SuccessfulSchedulesEnjoyableBecoming Successful Author:Takashi Miike
“People get successful and they start saying, 'Well of course I am! I was chosen! I'm special!' No, you're not.” PeopleWellsSuccessCoursesSuccessfulSpecialChosen Author:Louis C. K.
“Of course, nobody's tearing my door down. If you're successful you're going to intimidate and scare off the people you'd like to spend time with. They're not going to approach you. And the ones who do are often there because you are a celebrity.” PeopleIfsCoursesSuccessfulDoorsApproachScareEnd TimesSpend TimeIntimidating Author:Betty White