Success Quotes

If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.

With a lot of success comes a lot of negativity.

My goals are - I don't need much. I'm a simple man. I think that success is having fun. And when I'm having fun doing music, I'm happy. If I can make a little money on the side doing it, I'm really happy.

The best revenge is massive success.

You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough.

I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.

There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame.

I used to feel unsafe right in the moment of an accomplishment - I felt the ground fall from under my feet because this could be the end. And even now, while everyone is celebrating, I'm on to the next thing. I don't want to get lost in this big cushion of success.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

The inside story on a man was that if he wanted to be successful, he must become a rugged individualist, but then should make some adjustments.

I lived my teenage years in my 20s when I sort of left home and became Elton John success, then it became Elton John excess... Everything I couldn't do when I was younger I did 10 times over. I was having the time of my life. I was becoming the person that I wanted to be.

The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded, in touch, in love, connected, emotionally balanced? Look within yourself.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

The key to success is emotional stability.

If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.

Failure comes from ego, greed, envy, fear, imitation. I have success not because I am smart, but because I am rational.

In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.

Very successful people say no to almost everything.

Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success.

Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. Once you are above the level of 25; once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.