We are never further from our wishes than when we imagine that we possess what we have desired.
Some aspects of success seem rather silly as death approaches.
Unless a man has been taught what to do with success after getting it, the achievement of it must inevitably leave him a prey to boredom.
If I had known what it would be like to have it all, I might have been willing to settle for less.
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure.
The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.
The best thing that can come with success is the knowledge that it is nothing to long for.
The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds there is no "top."
Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.
The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.
Creating success is tough. But keeping it is tougher. You have to keep producing, you can't ever stop.
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want.
We grow weary of those things (and perhaps soonest) which we most desire.
Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.
Oddly enough, success over a period of time is more expensive than failure.
There must be more to life than having everything!
It's not that I'm not grateful for all this attention. It's just that fame and fortune ought to add up to more than fame and fortune.
