Success Quotes

Success means different things to different people. These quotes redefine what it means to truly succeed.

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"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."
Joseph Heller
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"He was a self-made man, which is why he did not get better results."
Joseph Heller
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"Success is often the result of luck and timing, not talent."
Joseph Heller
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"I recognize the aristocracy of talent."
William S. Burroughs
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"Perfect is the enemy of good."
William S. Burroughs
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"Success is how you define it."
William S. Burroughs
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will."
Norman Mailer
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"Success is the ability to disappoint yourself and continue anyway."
Norman Mailer
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"I don't mind if you don't like me, as long as you like my work"
Allen Ginsberg
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"The only measure of success is the measure of love"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Success is measured in terms of survival."
William S. Burroughs
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"Success requires the ability to embrace failure."
William S. Burroughs
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"Success is not measured by money but by the impact we have on others."
William Carlos Williams
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"Success is a journey, not a destination."
William Carlos Williams
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"Success is finding what you were looking for the whole time."
Jack Kerouac
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"Success is measured not by wealth but by impact."
Hart Crane
"I hate it that Americans are taught to think of themselves as winners. What is the metric of succeeding?"
Kurt Vonnegut
"The worst thing that could happen to you is to succeed before you are ready."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"Success in writing comes not from winning applause but from honest work."
William Carlos Williams
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"Success is measured by inner peace not external achievement"
Allen Ginsberg
"One is not successful by accident."
Marianne Moore
"Great effort springs great reward."
Marianne Moore
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"Success is measured by the depth of one's vision."
Hart Crane
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"Success built on compromise is already failure."
Hart Crane
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"Success comes to those who persist."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Success is measured by personal growth."
Hilda Doolittle
"You know what I wish? I wish that every human life could be successful."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Your credentials are good."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"The taste of success comes from the understanding of failure."
William Carlos Williams
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"The secret of success is in the beginning."
William Carlos Williams