The only success worth
“The only success worth one’s powder was success in the line of one’s idiosyncrasy . what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?” Henry James
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The toughest thing about success
“The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there.” Irving
“Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one’s origins and one’s final achievement.” Michael Korda
I’ve had enough success for two lifetimes
“I’ve had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.” Kareem Abdul-Jabar
“Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.” James Gilmore Backus