Pastoral Resources

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are.

You've got to ask! Asking is, in my opinion, the world's most powerful - and neglected - secret to success and happiness.

It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.

We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic.

I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.

We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity.

We've been probably to some degree too successful.

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well.

I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.

In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off."

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.