Success Is Not Owned Quotes & Sayings

This was a time of life, she understood, in which you might not know what you were, but that was all right. You judged people not on their success - almost no one they knew was successful at age twenty-two, and no one had a nice apartment, owned anything of value, dressed in expensive clothes, or had any interest in making money - but on their appeal. The time period between the ages of, roughly, twenty to thirty was often amazingly fertile. Great work might get done during this ten-year slice of time. Just out of college, they were geraing up, ambitious not in a calculating way, but simply eager, not yet tired. — Meg Wolitzer

Democrats don't represent the taxpayers, they represent the tax-consumers ... — Glenn Reynolds

And woven into the fabric of this harsh existence was music. — Lesley Garrett

Early is a priceless timepiece owned by the successful. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Sickness may be the solemn occasion of God's intervention in a person's life. — Paul Tournier

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide. — Charles Horton Cooley

To the seeing eye life is mostly Sparrows. — Will Cuppy

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them. — Kathleen Turner

I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it. — Halle Berry

To fault myth for not being very good theory is like faulting a dancer for not being a very good football player. The appropriate response is not to defend against such charges but to point out, 'Dance is not poorly executed football; it's not football at all. Something completely different is going on there. — Tom Christenson

Success isn't owned - it's leased. And rent is due every day. Every single day, someone's coming for your job. Someone's coming for your greatness. If you're the greatest, someone wants to be the greatest, and so if you're not constantly improving your game, somebody else is. — J. J. Watt

He groped for his loafers and walked aimlessly for some time among the trees of the coppice where thrushes were singing so richly, with such sonorous force, such fluty fioriture that one could not endure the agony of consciousness, the filth of life, the loss, the loss, the loss. — Vladimir Nabokov

Material success is rewarding and a lot of fun, but it's not the most important thing in my life because I know when this is all over, the Master isn't going to ask me how many things I owned or how many television shows I did. I think the questions will be, What did I do to make a difference? Did I learn to live with love in my heart? — Oprah Winfrey

Not asking questions: Giving up on your dreams: Settling for less than you deserve causes you pain, a pain owned by the majority.

Be among the few who are inquisitive, forge plans to chase their dreams and take intentional action to live the life aligned with their potential. — Tony Curl

A clear vision calms hearts down! A good understanding soothes anxious hearts! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

And I know what people say about not listening to insults or how you should let stuff roll off you, but it's not that easy. — Elizabeth Scott

Think of all the hate there is in Red China, then take a look around to Selma, Alabama. — Barry McGuire

Success is never owned, it is rented, and the rent is due every day. — Rory Vaden

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon. — Aung San Suu Kyi