“Well, success does not mean doing well.”

“Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.”

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.”

“Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within 'black community' by and large.”

“It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.”

“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”

“All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.”