Oh, be humble, my brother, in your prosperity! Whose virtue is a deficiency of temptation, whose success may be a chance, whose rank may be an ancestor's accident, whose prosperity is very likely a satire.

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

You must not begin to fret about the successes of cheap people. After all, what have they to do with you?

Success is never so interesting as struggle

I think with the success of, like, every summer there has been a couple R-rated comedies that have done so well; I think it is so nice to see that people are turning out to see these movies, and it doesn't seem to be as big a stigma with the studios anymore.

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure.

It's easier to lose than to win.

The poem must resist the intelligence Almost successfully.

Success Should Never Breed Complacency

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

“Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.”

“The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.”

“Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good.”

“To be able to listen -- really, wholly passively, self-effacingly listen -- without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without dueling with what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without free-associating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all -- such listening is rare.”

“It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self-realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.”

“You may be a failure at the moment – but you’re a very fine failure, Darrell! You’re a lot better than some people who think they’re a success.”

"You have to say, 'Well, why did it succeed where others did not?'"

"When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked."

"I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future."

"If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion."

"If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it's not."

"Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. ... Hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful."

"I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'"