Success Obstacles Quotes

Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf

Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.

I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.

I have advice for new writers, first of all, at any time in the history of publishing in my experience, there will be endless number people telling you that you can't do what you are trying to do. You won't succeed, there's something else you should be doing.

Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never been fully appreciated in America and the potential of the group has been stifled.... If the Beatles had suffered this kind of misrepresentation, they would have never got past singing 'Please Please Me' and 'I WannaHold Your Hand' and leaping around in Beatle suits.

A lot of actors do that - they blame their failure on their agents or their photos. But that is just putting off the real issues.

If you were to survey celebrated women, with every step toward real success there came a baby.

Naturally, when a young fellow steps up into a big position, it breeds jealousy among those whom he's left behind and uneasiness among those to whom he's pulled himself up. Between them he's likely to be subjected to a lot of petty annoyances. But he's in the fix of a dog with fleas who's chasing a rabbit -- if he stops to snap at the tickling on his tail, he's going to lose his game dinner.

Guys, fellas! You'll lose your wife trying to stop them from being the best they can.

All successful inventors know about depositions. They learn to live with them the way one learns to live with arthritis.

You must realize that if you are going to reach the heights you have been called to reach, you may elicit some criticism from those who are jealous, petty or angry because they were left behind.

In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.

I always faced obstacles in my career.

I think, no matter how successful you are, there is some struggle of one kind or the other for every actor at every level. There are times when your work progresses at an extremely slow pace.

Just because I'm the top-grossing actress of all time does not mean I'm the highest paid. I've had to fight for everything that I have. It's such a fickle and political industry.

Resenting promotion is one of the greatest obstacles to success. People who have issues with selling and promotion are usually broke.