Quotes about Success
That's the genius of the capitalist system: Either you're rich, or you want to be, or you think you ought to be.
- John Updike
That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.
- John Updike
Remember this your lifetime through: Tomorrow there will be more to do. And failure waits for all who stay With some success made yesterday. Tomorrow you must try once more, And even harder than before.
- John Wooden
Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your best.
- John Wooden
The man who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success.
- John Wooden
Make each day your masterpiece.
- John Wooden
If you stay intent and your ability warrants it, you will eventually reach the top of the mountain.
- John Wooden
Measure yourself by...what you have accomplished with your ability
- John Wooden
To win once you must have talent, but to win again you must have character.
- John Wooden
Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.
- John Wooden
Talent will get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
- John Wooden
Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort? That's what matters. The rest of it just gets in the way.
- John Wooden