Success is the necessary misfortune of life but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

I've learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you.

America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy.

The thing you don't dream about as a kid is all the peripheral stuff that comes with success.

When success comes people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.

My success and my misfortunes the bright and the dark days I have gone through everything has proved to me that in this world either physical or moral good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good.

When it comes to success there are no shortcuts.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved not because it is sought after.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand but in playing a poor hand well.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

To many a man and sometimes to a youth there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling as in all careers of importance victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success only comes later.

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

I'm probably the least flexible athlete you'll find. When it comes to yoga I can't get in the positions and I can't hold them. You have to be pretty flexible to do it. Once you get certain positions you have to have the core strength to hold those positions. It's a pretty good workout.

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain you try to get the light touches when you play a hero you try to get in some of the warts.

When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings.

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out.

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.