Success Perception Quotes

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

There's still, even now, a part of me that can't believe that I got published. That part of me has never gone away.

At 18, I wanted to work with the creme de la creme because I thought that was the only way to be successful. But I don't think any A-lister has done as many B-grade films as I have.

Whenever I view success, I'm dressed as Mozart on an island.

In this country, most people feel that being successful in their business is a virtue, not a vice, and once we begin to identify it as a vice, this country is going down.

Success is a very dangerous thing and I think we have to be very careful about when we dictate what success is for somebody else. Because you don't know what it's like.

America has a tendency to chip away at you if you've been a success for a long time, whereas in Europe, they put you on a pedestal.

When I was younger, I used to always think making it to the NBA would be the coolest thing in the world. I'd dream about it every day. But as you progress and you attain that goal, then you realize the coolest thing is the effect you can have on people, and kids especially.

Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like.

I don't consider myself an A-list celebrity or a big dog, but every time I meet somebody, even rappers who've been in the game for years... they're like, 'Man, I'm trying to get on your level.'

When I was about 9 years old, man, I realized that the real thing was not only to do what you were doing totally great, but to look totally great while you were doing it.

I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to work on great stuff, but I think I'm a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me.

I don’t think there's ever been a point in my career where I've said, 'I've made it.' What does that mean, 'I've made it?' Made it to what? If you say, 'I've made it.' then are you finished? I don't want to be finished. I don't want to quit.

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

Someone else's success is not your failure.

You [a country] cannot be rich, successful and powerful and still be loved, particularly be those who have little success, wealth or power.

You only appreciate what it feels like to win the Champions League after you've seen it snatched away from you.

Everyone wants to be successful. What I've learned is how do you determine what that is?

My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.

Liberals insist they believe as strongly in the American dream as the rest of us, but routinely demonize those who succeed in attaining it. They loudly profess their allegiance to capitalism, but resent the inequitable money results it produces.

I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith.

I have made a career of flop films. And yet, 90 percent of my films are celebrated.

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.

Even though I didn't do as well in the UFC as the rest of my career, I feel like I did everything that I could to have an overall successful career.