Top 87 Quotes About Overnight Success
#1. Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in ... you're up and down, all of a sudden, it just clicks. And I think that's what's happened to me since I got to Montreal. And I'm proud of the things we've been able to accomplish ... we've all made each other great.
Anthony Calvillo
#2. Hollywood has a way of making everything seem like an overnight success.
Kevin Hart
#3. I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.
Richard North Patterson
#4. Most people were startled to find out there were books that preceded Game Of Thrones. I'm a case of working forty years to be an overnight success.
George R R Martin
#5. I've been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success ... where have you been the last 20 years?
Randy Houser
#6. I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
Jessica Savitch
#7. Overnight Success Happens Only in Fairy Tales, Trashy Novels, and Bad Movies.
Ernie J Zelinski
#8. Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was ... just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But ... it was an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since [1945] ... And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making.
James C. Collins
#9. I realized that success is not a one-time act or a moment of luck and that "Overnight Success" is never true. Success is created through and by creating a habit caused by proper self-discipline.
Jan Mckingley Hilado
#10. One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.
Sandra Cisneros
#11. Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.
Bo Bennett
#12. I'm what is known as a 40-year overnight success.
Ben Lewin
#13. Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success.
Prince
#14. Actually, I'm an overnight success. But it took twenty years.
Monty Hall
#15. It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more.
Seth Godin
#16. Aside from a very select few, there are no overnight success stories. Most of the time that single step took a thousand miles to get to it.
Carl Henegan
#17. People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.
James Daly
#18. Trade the dream of overnight success for slow, measured growth. It's hard, but you have to be patient. You have to grind it out. You have to do it for a long time before the right people notice.
Jason Fried
#19. Whoever wants to be an overnight success must be willing to sweat for it during the day.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#20. I tell young people all the time because they think I'm an overnight success I've been doing this for over 20 years! And that means inspiring and motivating people.
Eric Thomas
#21. Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.
Julie Benz
#23. I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.
Ray Kroc
#24. There are no overnight success. It's a combination of humility, sacrifices, tenacity, failure, and opportunity.
Timi Nadela
#25. 4chan's culture is unique and spreads and draws people in like no other. It's also important to realize that 4chan wasn't some overnight success, and there was never 'hockey stick' - like growth.
Christopher Poole
#26. Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.
Jason Calacanis
#27. Nobody is an overnight success. Most overnight successes you see have been working at it for ten years.
David Heinemeier Hansson
#28. I think people love to attach themselves to the idea of an overnight success. That may be true about me.
Darren Criss
#29. When it comes to being badass nothing beats this It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success.
Lionel Messi
#30. It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
Eddie Cantor
#31. Thought I wanted overnight success, until I achieved it through hard work and the refusal to back down! What you earn, you keep.
A.M. Hudson
#32. My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.
Adrien Brody
#33. Nothing remarkable or impressive comes to be overnight, and all those so-called "overnight success" stories misrepresent the truth. It is only the manifestation of that success that appeared overnight, but its essence was built up over time.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
#34. An overnight success is ten years in the making.
Tom Clancy
#35. Eventually, after a couple of years, Stripe strated to become an overnight success.
Patrick Collison
#36. 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
#37. Dig into almost every overnight success story and you'll find about a decade's worth of hard work and perseverance.
Austin Kleon
#38. It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.
Eddie Cantor
#39. I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.
Mary Karr
#40. Overnight success stories take a long time.
Steve Jobs
#41. An overnight success usually takes about ten years. - Anonymous
Dan Millman
#42. Sam Walton said, 'It takes 20 years to be an overnight success.
Allan Branch
#43. If you're in business it's both a promise and a warning. It says that sometimes little things can cause some little guy to have an overnight success.
Malcolm Gladwell
#44. An Overnight Success is usally 20 years in the making! (I only have five years to go).
T.I. Wade
#45. Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
Biz Stone
#46. It's surprising how many sleepless nights it takes to become an overnight success!
Christoph Martin
#47. I think with my journey so far, it never felt like an overwhelming, overnight success story. I think that's good for me because I really got to take my time.
Tori Kelly
#48. I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes.
John Lescroart
#49. An overnight success is usally twenty years in the making!
T.I. Wade
#50. So remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
Leo Tolstoy
#51. You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication. There are no overnight success stories in the music business!
Christopher Tin
#52. It can take twenty years to create an overnight success but what you don't hear is that that is the exact same amount of time it takes to create a bitter failure.
Marc Maron
#53. It takes years to make an overnight success.
Eddie Cantor
#54. Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.
Cheryl Ladd
#55. Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Samuel Goldwyn
#56. We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems.
Kelly Jones
#57. Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.
Steve Jobs
#58. I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far.
Benedict Cumberbatch
#59. In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
James Dyson
#60. There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.
Cindy Margolis
#61. I believe there should be no arbitrary date set for withdrawal and yet no permanent, unending deployment. No cut and run, yet measured progress in helping a people who want to be free without an illusion of overnight success.
Rick Renzi
#63. It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money, and my only car was mom's Hyundai.
Criss Angel
#64. It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.
Mark Twain
#65. My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.
Lisa Loeb
#66. A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and then I signed my contract with EMI. Then it kind of blew up overnight.
Vanilla Ice
#67. If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight.
Vernon Davis
#68. Success doesn't happen overnight. It's the small
successes achieved day by day that build a company. So, don't be
impatient or focused on immediate financial rewards.
John Gokongwei
#69. It took me a while to get established - success didn't happen overnight.
Neil Oliver
#70. A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
Chet Atkins
#71. I went from a very pessimistic person to a very optimistic person sort of overnight, which is very weird. It's not even the success of my shows. I think it's the lifestyle change, I really do.
Norman Reedus
#72. The successful always has a number of projects planned, to which he looks forward. Anyone of them could change the course of his life overnight.
Mark Cane
#73. Some people think success is overnight. I suppose, considering I came from Australia, it has been pretty quick. But I have a background in stand-up and improv, so I've really had to prove myself.
Rebel Wilson
#74. Success was overnight, but it was a very long night.
Vonda Shepard
#75. The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.
Caitlin Fitzgerald
#76. The idea that success can happen overnight is crippling the financial future of generations. You have to work for it.
Robert Kiyosaki
#77. Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes.
Jack Canfield
#78. I know that success does not come at once, it is not a thing achieved overnight. It is the result of many, many, many years of working and trying to achieve goals.
Novak Djokovic
#79. In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.
Noel Gallagher
#80. Whatever achievements and successes I've had didn't happen overnight. It is all a product of guidance, hard work, careful planning, and intense, passionate execution over many years. (p. 69)
Injap Sia
#81. There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night successes.
Kevin Ashton
#82. Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.
Dwayne Johnson
#83. I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
Wendy Davis
#84. It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation.
Robin Sharma
#85. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
Bill Watterson
#86. Success doesn't come overnight and there's certain things you can't do. I've missed so many weddings, christenings and birthdays, but I know all my family are there behind me, wanting me to do really well and it was worth the sacrifice.
Jenny Meadows
#87. Success doesn't happen overnight. Keep your eye on the prize and don't look back.
Erin Andrews
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