I think when smallpox was eliminated, the whole world got pretty excited about that because it’s just such a dramatic success.

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

I’d sooner be called a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

I think it’s horrible that people have to be told. Don’t smoke! Everybody knows it’s bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.

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.

My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars; there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

Of course, I do everything for money.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

We’ve always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways… It’s lasted now about 14 years, and we’re very pleased to have survived it.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Competitions are a business, first and foremost.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

If an idea isn’t exciting, you shouldn’t do it.

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

We work to become, not to acquire.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

I need scarcely observe that a poem deserves its title only inasmuch as it excites, by elevating the soul. The value of the poem is in the ratio of this elevating excitement.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth.

To be successful, you need results in a row. You can’t win, lose, win, lose.

A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.

I’ve never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people’s lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

Put it this way: If I asked, ‚How’s business?‘ and you say, ‚Boomin‘ or ‚Amazing,‘ I already know the answer.

I’m hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure.

It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.

I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time – the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

I’ve accomplished enough with the music that I haven’t had to go out there and do other things to over-saturate.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

By indignities men come to dignities.

I nearly failed when Virgin was in its infancy; I nearly failed in the early 1980s, and, of course, I have nearly died more than once trying to achieve a world record for boating or ballooning. But through a combination of luck and planning, both Virgin and I are still here.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.

People think because I’ve got some success, I’ve made it, but in my eyes it’s like, ‚How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?‘ Not that I’m trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

Polio’s pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it’s just there as a gift for the rest of time.

On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That’s what capitalism is all about.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

As much as it might look like, to someone else, that I’m successful, I never feel like I’m anywhere. The further I go, I still feel equally further from my eventual goal. Because as I grow, I get more goals. I’m never content.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.