In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?
Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending.
The kind of theater that I do is sort of 'narrative realism ' which I think in the broadest sense is legitimate to say is mainstream. I mean in a certain sense Suzan-Lori's plays have had mainstream levels of success. But Suzan-Lori is in some ways not a narrative realist.
Success will always be measured by the extent to which we serve the buying public.
As my father used to tell me the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.
When somebody has an enormous success in this culture people start asking two questions which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself.
Which is - you know like check it out I'm pretty young I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward is going to be judged by the world as the work that came after the freakish success of my last book right?
I feel lucky because I was a nerd which I talk about in the book but I had academic success so through that because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.
One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others you will build up yourself.
Indeed I regard the enduring support which I have received over the years from all sections of the community in Ballymena as being more than sufficient recognition for any success which I may have achieved as an actor.
For someone who's had the level of success I've had there's been very little critical review of my work which is pretty fascinating.
Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement all success all achievement in real life grows.
On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success.
Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement you are increasing your odds of achieving success.
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.
The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods.
Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.
If I had permitted my failures or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling the confidence in success which not seldom brings actual success along with it.
Success is full of promise till one gets it and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.