Top 1200 Being Successful Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

I want to be successful in football.

You have to give it your all to be successful.

The thing is that my first novel, which was basically a mystery adventure story, won quite an important award in Spain for young adult fiction, and because of this it became a very successful book, and right now it's some sort of a standard title, it's read widely in many high schools in Spain, so I think, in a way, I was a victim of my own success in the field of young adult fiction, because it was never my own natural register. I never intended to write that kind of fiction, but I became very successful at it.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

Successful ideas, they snowball.

I went from being a guy who was sparingly being used on television to being the World Heavyweight Champion and the focus of a lot of the storylines on Smackdown.

When you are not successful, nobody listens to you.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful. And being generous. Everything else is crap!

I have gained so much more from my experiences of being open and loving humanity rather than being jaded and being closed-off.

I know that being in the entertainment business... my first son, I had to sacrifice being away, being on tour a lot and I wasn't really present.

Being a good private equity investor is more complicated than it seems. I would say that there are a few characteristics that are important. If you look at the skill set that you need to ultimately be a successful private equity investor, at least at the senior level, you have to be, in this business, a good investor. You have to be able to help companies perform and you have to have judgment around exiting investments. If you look at the skill sets there, they include some things you can teach and some that you can't.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap.

The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons... The lethal possibilities of atomic warfare in the future are frightening. My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught to make war in that fashion, and wars cannot be won by destroying women and children.

I'm forever in the 'limelight' being Da Brat, being an entertainer, being a star.

When I think of my version of a role model, it's not about being the perfect Samaritan; it's just being out there and being honest and happily imperfect.

I've been successful, and I'm grateful for that.

The human being is not a fallen being in need of redemption but rather a forgetful being who must be reminded of God and his own nature.

Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

Being good, being talented, and being young is something, you know, that I had and have.

I want to be successful, not famous.

My goal is to be successful, so I do what works.

Being a fan doesn't mean being there from the start... It means being there till the end.

I grew up around hip-hop so I didn't think it was about being cool or being black or being white or whatever.

It took a while for me to figure out how it all fit in, being a mother and being a woman and being a rock singer.

Since I was a schoolboy, I've been used to being recognized on the road by old and young, and being bantered with and, indeed, being taunted.

Happiness is attained by three things: being patient when tested, being thankful when receiving a blessing, and being repentant upon sinning.

If you believe in what you're doing, you'll be successful.

There is no such thing as a successful defense.

My father was a successful entrepreneur.

You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.

If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.

To be successful in business, you have to be ruthless.

Being an Orlando Magic dancer was definitely one of the most exciting times of my life. Being on the team was really like being in a sisterhood.

My customers are successful workingwomen.

We are called upon not to be successful, but to be faithful.

It's just a natural part of being a social creature and being a human being.

I don't need government to be successful.

It is true you can be successful without [college], but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have. I would suggest to people to do all that you can. When I dropped out of school, I had worked in the music industry and had checks cut in my name from record labels and had a record deal on the table, and when I wasn’t successful and Columbia said, ’We’ll call you,’ I had to go back and work a telemarketing job, go back to the real world, and that’s how life is. Life is hard. Take advantage of your opportunities.

Being wild can be wearing a silly hat. Being wild can be dancing weird. Being wild can be shooting people. What do I think being wild is? Nothing. Actually, the whole world is wild. Everything is wild.

Some cynical people may see that the only reason I'm doing something more mainstream is part of a strategy to become more successful but I just see it as a bonus. It just happened... that's the way it is and there's an opportunity there and we're going to take advantage of it. I'd rather if I'm going to be working as hard as I've been working for the last two years - non-stop, solid, no personal life, no break - then I want what I've been working on to be as successful as possible. And I will take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way.

I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.

In being wildly natural we recover best from being unnatural, from being spiritual.

Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway.

So being a senior player, being a goalkeeper, being a team member, I think saving the ball is my first main priority.

[On his heroin addiction:] I did it to myself. It wasn't society...it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.

I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.

Temerity is not always successful.

To me, being a woman in 2016 means having a voice, being unique, being true to yourself, and finding a way to be of service.

Being there for my son, being there for my wife, just being a better man. That's all I know.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.

I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him.

To be successful, you have to have quantity of quality.

I've always been successful at what I do.

Being a champion is not just being a frontrunner and being ahead, but it's facing adversity.

My experience in relation to taking on the preachers of hate was saying to them it's compatible being British, being Western, being Muslim.

I raise successful children.

The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.

Showbiz is great if you're successful.

For me it was just about staying the course, staying true to who I believe that I am, being open, being honest, being transparent with the players, being firm with the players but at the same time listening to the players.