Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you desire from what you do. If you are in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. – Michael Korda
This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you cant be happy as a success, its very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure. – Michael Korda
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility… in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have… is the ability to take on responsibility. – Michael Korda
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if youre playing by somebody elses rules, while quietly playing by your own. – Michael Korda
If theres no fire, theres no scream. If theres no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it. – R. Kelly
Being yourself is one of the hardest things because its scary. You always wonder whether youll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record Inside Out because thats my motto about life. I dont think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are. – Emmy Rossum