Building Success Quotes

Every great company, brand, career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.

I think that there was a period of time - and I would reckon it was about 12 years - where I was just determined to see if I could build a career for myself.

If you start from nothing, it is very difficult to get anywhere.

I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.

My idols are Oprah and Martha. From nothing, they built industries.

Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who really believe in what you're doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream.

I actually had to start from nothing and build my own way out of it by making financial goals... It's been an interesting journey but one I can relate to in terms of struggling.

Everything that UCLA stands for, it's top of the food chain. So you either look at those things as burdens or you look at them as blessings. From day one, I've told my staff we're going to look at it as a blessing and do everything we can to build champions.

As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

Because entrepreneurship is so hard and does take so long to build something great, you do have to build an environment that you yourself as an entrepreneur want to work in for the next 20 years.

We know the number of conference rooms and phone booths that make a building successful.

The way to build billion dollar companies is to first build something people love. There isn't really a shortcut there.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises

I think that we had a really loyal, great audience on Tuesdays and we were hoping that with the move, they would come with us. It looks like they have, so things are good and we are going to keep building.

Pat has been instrumental in what we've done here so far and the most selfish thing for me is that I want to see what we've done placed in the hands of the most competent person, and that's Pat. No one would come close to being able to continue to build on what we've done here so far like he will.

Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo - there's a common theme. None of these companies ever sold. By staying independent, they were able to build a great company.

That's all I ever wanted to do is win and build something special.

There are a lot of people who dream of overnight success, of being Brad Pitt getting discovered for 'Thelma and Louise,' but that doesn't always happen. I represent that stick-to-it-ness that it takes to build a career over time, guest spot by guest spot. Looking back from here, I wouldn't have wanted the journey to go any other way.

I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.

Every time I went on the radio, I would take the crummiest radio station, the station that was like a toilet bowl. I would go on there and build up the ratings, so you couldn't do any worse.

When you're a young manager and trying to build something, you work very, very hard.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

You've got to build a career and a practice.