I guess that’s one of the things about growing up in the fifties – it never occurred to me that you wouldn’t be at least as successful as your parents.

And now, of course this is another thing I didn’t count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.

Riches don’t make a man rich, they only make him busier.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.

Everybody that’s successful lays a blueprint out.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

If two smart, intelligent, clever guys sit together on a table, and you both want the same, where can be the problem? We all want to be successful.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

I feel like whatever you’ve done in your career, good or bad, it’s nothing but preparation for the big events to come.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!

I’ve always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it’s also been about confidence and faith.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.

Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Bob Houghton is a great coach and I am confident that the national team will do well under him.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

People don’t care about what someone says about you in a movie – or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people’s life better, then that’s something that’s really good.

As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.

A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

I always make my dreams into goals.

Cardi B put a lot of work in.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

See, ‚A Time to Kill‘ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.

One man cannot practice many arts with success.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Let man live at a distance from God, and the universe remains neutral or hostile to him. But let man believe in God, and immediately all around him the elements, even the irksome, of the inevitable organize themselves into a friendly whole, ordered to the ultimate success of life.