Anthony Bourdain Quotes

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

Be so good they can't ignore you.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.

I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.

Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

Nothing creates a winner quite like earning it, not just inheriting it.

Cristiano deserved to win everything he's won in his career.

A guy like AJ Styles, the cream always rises to the top. He gets all the credit. Bobby Roode is another one. Their talent got them to where they're at. Talent gets you to the top. Attitude keeps you there.

I took what I've been given, and I got where I did on the basis of something that is often undervalued - merit.

If you've got the talent it'll shine through.

I appreciate good work no matter where it's coming from.

I don't believe being a Hall of Famer is based on individual accolades. I think winning has a lot to do with it. But perhaps more than that, you simply have to show that you are the best or among the best at what you do.

You can be successful without learning music, but success has nothing to do with quality.

If you're really good at doing what you do, good things will come.

There is but one straight road to success, and that is merit. The man who is successful is the man who is useful. Capacity never lacks opportunity. It can not remain undiscovered, because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

Do your job brilliantly and the cream will rise to the top.

When people ask me, ‘how do you make it in show business,’ or whatever, what I always tell them — and nobody ever takes note of it ‘cuz it’s not the answer they wanted to hear…but I always say, ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

To be the cream of the crop is no easy feat. It's a big deal.

When you do your best, people notice.

Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour.

To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.