Top 100 Big Success Quotes
#1. Big success requires big sacrifices. Don't find out later that the cost was too high. Denial is said to be even more potent than cocaine; neither drug enhances your marketability.
K Callan
#2. Most of the people don't see a big success in life, because small successes ignites ego issues in them.
Amit Kalantri
#3. Every small success makes the next big success possible.
Del Suggs
#4. It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.
Shigeru Miyamoto
#5. Everybody saw my successful advertising and thought I was a big success. But, behind those successes were several failures that I had to learn from before I made it. I've always looked at failure as just another step you need to take to reach success.
Joseph Sugarman
#6. The only model to me that correlates with big success in the NFL is having a Hall of Fame franchise quarterback.
Jeffrey Lurie
#7. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
David J. Schwartz
#8. I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.
Art Linkletter
#9. Five years after I started CD Baby, when it was a big success, the media said I had revolutionized the music business. But 'revolution' is a term that people use only when you're successful. Before that, you're just a quirky person who does things differently.
Derek Sivers
#10. I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms ...
Julian Casablancas
#11. 'Sugar Cane Alley' had a lot of international success, big success everywhere.
Euzhan Palcy
#12. I think any big success is paralyzing. I have observed it in others.
Mary Harron
#13. Especially on 'Taken,' 'Taken' was not a big success the day of its release. It was released in France first, and it didn't do bad, but not as good as it did in the U.S.
Olivier Megaton
#14. If you consistently and persistently do the things that other successful people do, nothing in the world can stop you from being a big success also.
Brian Tracy
#16. Big is bad is a lie. It's quite possibly the worst lie of all, for if you fear big success, you'll either avoid it or sabotage your efforts to achieve it.
Gary Keller
#17. I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.
Jay McInerney
#18. I got a signed document from Bullock's saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock's!
Richard P. Feynman
#19. If you look at the common denominator of all the comics who have had big success, it's being true to their nature ... that's what takes a long time to learn.
Ron White
#20. [Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his own books. He would, I think, be very keen about the question of how a book would sell.
Hal Holbrook
#21. In public market investing, as in many things, you achieve big success when you're both contrarian and right.
Reid Hoffman
#22. The 'cash for clunkers' program was a big success in part because it gave people the sense that the economy was moving.
Cass Sunstein
#23. We should not, however, judge the value of our meditation by "how we feel." A hard and apparently fruitless meditation may in fact be much more valuable than one that is easy, happy, enlightened and apparently a big success.
Thomas Merton
#24. The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.
Richard Price
#25. When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.
Bernard Arnault
#26. The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.
Eric Lefkofsky
#27. She's been a smack addict, she's had big success in Europe in the '70s, and she's lost everything. She's been rediscovered in the '80s, and as we meet her she's just about to sign a new recording contract.
Neil Tennant
#28. The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music.
Tim Finn
#29. Reaching a fixed destination is not a big success; the big success is to reach a mobile destination, a destination which continuously escapes from you; it is to reach a bird flying not to a mountain sitting!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#30. The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment because you say, well, I'll disappoint the audience, they may not like it, I better do something that I think is more commercial.
Mel Brooks
#31. On one hand it's very flattering to be compared to a big success, and then sometimes it's very frustrating because you want people to see the movie that you're making and not be continually comparing it to something that it's not. So it goes both ways.
Neil Burger
#32. I was very blessed with 'N Sync. It was a big success and it was a lot of fun.
Chris Kirkpatrick
#34. I had an idea, I was passionate about it and I had to work hard to turn that into a big success and more products.
Lori Greiner
#35. We then took a shortened version of what we'd been doing in the pubs, with the best gags and things like that, out to cabaret clubs and things in the north of England for six weeks. And we became a big success.
Neil Innes
#36. My big success is to see my guests happy when they like my food. My place is not a restaurant. It's my house. The people are not customers. They are my guests, my friends.
Julie King
#37. Failure isn't a problem. It's the fear of failure that's the limiting factor. You can't lose your nerve for the big failure, because it's the exact same nerve you need for the big success.
Regina E. Dugan
#38. I can't really speak for the guys, but for me, I think I want a build a longer-term career and I feel like we've been really fortunate to have some big success with a few things, but I want smaller success with more things.
Isaac Slade
#39. I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star.
John Wayne
#40. The actor that taught me the most was Bernie Mac. I did my first big budget studio film with he and Angela Bassett, 'Mr. 3000' for Disney. Bernie taught me by example what creates success is humility and hard work.
Brian J. White
#41. Everything big, once started little. Discipline yourself and work to become an excellent person at what you want. Stretch yourself daily and go a little further than yesterday. Growth is the key to winning success.
Mark LaMoure
#42. Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success.
Mac Anderson
#43. When the bull's-eye becomes as big in your mind as an elephant, you are sure to hit it.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
#44. Every problem has a gift for you in its hands as my man Richard Bach says. You can choose to see the curse or the gift. And this one choice will determine if your life is a success story or one big soap opera.
Jon Gordon
#45. She's a lovely young woman from upstate New York, but you should be very thankful for those romance-novel-reading, tween-movie-watching women. They've had a big hand in making our town a success." "And Julian's love life, once he learned to spray himself with glitter.
Kristen Painter
#46. Gypsy [Rose Lee], who was called Louise as a kid, gave her first performances here with her sister [June Hovac], playing for the local Masonic lodge halls. It was a tight-knit community, and the support and success the act enjoyed here enabled them to hit the road and make it in big-time vaudeville.
Karen Abbott
#47. It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all
Bernard Kelvin Clive
#48. Having drive is a big part of success, along with integrity. You need to have a clear vision of what you want and take the steps to achieve it, even if that sometimes means playing gigs in tiny clubs.
Vonda Shepard
#49. Be kind to yourself and congratulate yourself for small success.A small step cover a big distance-enjoy the journey of life.
Andy Andrews
#50. Success is in the big things.
Happiness is in the small things.
Meditation is in Nothing.
And, God is in everything
T.T. Rangarajan
#51. It only looks easy to the outsider. So if you want this thing called success, get ready to work hard. It won't be easy and it isn't guaranteed. But if you dream big and give it your all, it will be worth it.
James Woosley
#52. Progressing to where you can play a big role in football is nothing you can achieve in just two years. It will at least take five, six, well more likely seven years. A once-in-a-life-time success does not help you, constant quality is what you have to go for.
Berti Vogts
#53. Leadership reveals itself in the big moments, but is forged in the small. It is the exponential and compounding product of our many incremental behaviors and actions; all of which arise out of our choices in values, beliefs & emotions. Choices all. Not a one is thrust upon us.
Christopher Babson
#55. Success will not be yours unless you measure your dream. And guess what? Once you have measured it, people will say it's too big for you. That's when you can say, 'That's not true, it's so small it even fits in my head'.
Francisco Leon
#56. There's nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.
Jason Fried
#58. Willful ignorance or resistance to alleged facts has been a big ingredient in any success I've had.
Rob Delaney
#59. My success was also owed to career women who maybe had big legs or ample thighs, who felt well-protected by my fluid clothing that hid their flaws.
Giorgio Armani
#60. This long-tail distribution of returns is why it's important to be bold. Big winners pay for so many experiments.
Derek Thompson
#61. Patience pays off, success and miracle, often in a very big way.
Kishore Bansal
#63. You're perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.
Jerry Moran
#64. It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think, 'Christ, I've been sweating and crying for seven years.'.
Joseph Fiennes
#65. You can never have a successful end if you expect things to change as a result of miracles. Things will never change unless you take up the challenge to change them yourself.
Israelmore Ayivor
#66. After the Big Recession of 2008, many Americans found themselves without jobs, homes, and savings. We realized that we really can't rely on our 401k's to keep us safe. It's up to us to achieve financial freedom for ourselves. And home-based businesses is the way to go.
Kevin J. Donaldson
#67. Success steps: Think big. Act small. Then scale.
Failure steps: Act big. Think small. Then shrink.
Consider your next big thing a project. Get one. Get it right. No sense growing a broken system.
Richie Norton
#68. My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone losing a lot of weight over a period of a few years. You don't really notice the weight loss overall but if you compare photos from then and now there's a big difference.
Ray William Johnson
#69. Hitters are too big, too strong, and their bats are too quick. I have to go inside to have success.
Tim Hudson
#70. Realize that the social media success equation isn't big moves on the chess board, it's little moves made every day that eventually add up to a major shift.
Jay Baer
#71. Seven Steps to Success
1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events.
3) Don't wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up.
John C. Maxwell
#72. I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.
Ryan Tedder
#73. I have learned that failure is a part of success; it's part of the learning curve. Sometimes you have to walk that road to achieve big things.
Luis Gerardo Mendez
#74. I measure my success by how happy I am, not how big the business is or how much money I've made.
Gary Vaynerchuk
#75. A good manager will always have the big picture in mind and guide the employees through a series of small targets in order to achieve overall success.
Abhishek Ratna
#76. It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that have been spent on big machines. What really makes science grow is new ideas, including false ideas.
Karl Popper
#77. I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement.
Nader Al-Masri
#78. God is full of love, joy and peace. Every religion has said that God is within us or we are a part of God so why do we think small?
Why do we have limiting beliefs about our success? Why do we not love ourselves? Why do we have fears? Isn't thinking negative/small a sin then?
Maddy Malhotra
#79. When I look at efforts to create change in big companies over the past 10 years, I have to say that there's enough evidence of success to say that change is possible - and enough evidence of failure to say that it isn't likely. Both of those lessons are important.
Peter Senge
#80. Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements.
David J. Schwartz
#81. Self-love isn't always so poetic; sometimes it's a nice big triple back flip kick in the ass. You've got to call yourself on your own nonsense; on the incredibly efficient way you can be self-destructive.
Steve Maraboli
#82. Never take tiny dreams for granted. They contain giant success stories.
Israelmore Ayivor
#83. Success is won by those who believe in winning & then prepare for that moment. Many want to win, but how many prepare? That is the big difference. A sound value system held water then, holds water today, and will hold water in the future.
Herb Brooks
#84. I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.
Bill Gates
#85. But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid.
Jeff Goodell
#86. It's not really that much of a big deal - you brush it off and you come back. Defeat is the secret ingredient to success.
Conor McGregor
#87. One of the big weaknesses of the Conservative Party is not just their ignorance of and lack of effective response to the cost-of-living crisis but a more fundamental error about what makes for success in the 21st century.
Douglas Alexander
#88. If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.
Richard Branson
#89. Don't panic, you are never alone in building up your dreams. The storehouse of your success was built by the very supreme father who created it for you.
Israelmore Ayivor
#91. The musicians are good and their music is catchy - it pulls the kids in in droves. Mike Bickle admitted to me that the music was a big part of their success at attracting young people.
Roger Ross Williams
#92. The consumers suffer when the laws of the country prevent the most efficient entrepreneurs from expanding the sphere of their activities. What made some enterprises develop into "big business" was precisely their success in filling best the demand of the masses.
Ludwig Von Mises
#93. Remember the mind is your best muscle ... BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains ... Ride the brain train for success ...
Sylvester Stallone
#94. In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as 'don't make a mistake.' And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out.
Bernard L. Schwartz
#95. All the next day the pleasure of his success lingers in Werner's blood, the memory of how it seemed almost holy to him to walk beside big Volkheimer back to the castle, down through the frozen trees, past the rooms of sleeping boys ranked like gold bars in strongrooms...
Anthony Doerr
#96. A lot of entrepreneurs hate big companies. But if you hate them so much, why are you trying to build a new one? The truth is, as soon as a startup has any kind of success whatsoever, it will face big company problems.
Eric Ries
#98. Jumping from failure to failure with undiminished enthusiasm is the big secret to success.
Savas Dimopoulos
#99. The quality and success of Disney was actually bad for us animators because everyone on the planet thought that animation was only for kids and only in a certain domain. The big film festivals never thought much about animated films.
Michel Ocelot
#100. Before God trusts you with success, you have to prove yourself humble enough to handle the big prize.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
