„To act—that is true wisdom. I can be what I want to be, but I have to want whatever it is. Success consists in being successful, not in having the potential for success.“

— Fernando Pessoa

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„I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.“
— Fernando Pessoa
„We're running into a lot of new problems today because of what we emphasize in this culture. The word 'success' to the average person means earning a lot of money and having a home, two cars, children in college. Success to me is entirely different to what success is to the average person. Success is being a successful human being in terms of pursuing what you believe in. If you believe in making paintings, writing poetry, writing music. If this is what you really want, you're successful to yourself. But to be successful to your culture means to sell yourself short of what you really want.“
— Jacque Fresco
„I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success — I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.“
— Steve Jobs
„It is true that success is the most boring thing, it is tinny and brittle, failure runs deeper. Success is dangerous. I have a very complicated relationship with that word.“
— Arundhati Roy
„Success is getting what you want..Happiness is wanting what you get.“
— Dale Carnegie
„Success is getting what you want.Happiness is wanting what you get.“
— Andrew Carnegie