True success is less about applause and more about devotion—daily craft, steady courage, and love for the work. As Frank Lloyd Wright said: “I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and a devotion to things you want to see happen.”

“I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.” ~ Andrew Carnegie

“Anything you do, you better enjoy it for its value. Because people are going to second-guess everything you do.” ~ Bill Gates

“What is loved is a hit. What is a hit is loved.” ~ George Trow, Within the Context of No Context (1981)

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” ~ Louis Pasteur

“Make a good product at a fair price—then tell the world.” ~ William Wrigley, Jr.

“Always demanding the best of oneself, living with honor, devoting one's talents and gifts to the benefit of others—these are the measures of success that endure when material things have passed away.” ~ Gerald Ford

“Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.” ~ Samuel Johnson

“Success is a tricky mistress. It’s nice to have but it’s a tricky thing to embrace.” ~ Robert Redford

“If I can lead a happy life, touch the lives of others in a positive way, win the respect of those that I care about... and make a few million along the way, then I have been successful.” ~ Bill Rancic, USA Today, 4/15/04

“People want success. It's like coffee, they want instant.” ~ Bobby Robson

“There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.” ~ Jascha Heifetz

“Those who would judge us merely by the heights we have achieved would do well to remember the depths from which we started.” ~ Kwame Nkrumah

“What's money anyhow? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” ~ Bob Dylan, Words of Wellness