Quotes with ill-success

Quotes 181 till 200 of 758.

  • Bette Davis I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Golda Meir I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
    Golda Meir
    Prime Minister of Israel (1898 - 1978)
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  • Samuel Butler I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Bruce Springsteen I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • John D. Rockefeller 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.
    John D. Rockefeller
    American industrialist: founder Exxon (1839 - 1937)
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  • Bill Cosby I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • George S. Patton I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Aaliyah I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.
    Aaliyah
    American singer, actress and model (1979 - 2001)
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  • George Bernard Shaw I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Reggie Jackson I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it.
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  • Jean Paul Getty I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success.
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Tennessee Williams I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Alan Greenspan I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
    Alan Greenspan
    American economist (1926 - )
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  • Betty Grable I have got tow reasons for success and I'm standing on both of them.
    Betty Grable
    American actress, model, and singer (1916 - 1973)
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  • George Michael I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.
    George Michael
    English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist (1963 - 2016)
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  • Ernest Hemingway I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation. A doctor who cannot take out your appendix properly will recommend you to a doctor who will be unable to remove your tonsils with success.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Samuel Johnson I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Barry Munro I judge the relative strength of a man by how envious they become, of others, who enjoy a measure of success.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Margaret Mead I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.
    Margret Mead: Some personal views (1979) p. 249
    Margaret Mead
    American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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