Joey Bishop Quotes

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

I have achieved everything that I ever wanted to accomplish in this game and more so, for me, I have been fulfilled.

I feel as if I've been able to do so many things I never expected to do.

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

Most people honestly want to do as well as they can in their lives.

I keep fooling people into giving me jobs, and now I'm on Broadway. It's always something I've wanted to be a part of, and I can't believe that this is the experience I'm having.

People kept saying, 'You've made it!' and I was like, 'What have I been doing all this time?' I've always felt successful.

Now, with all my world titles, I am very happy because I can say to all those people that what I chose to do was good for me.

I would love to be proud of my life, to look back and say, I did a good job, that I strive for quality.

I still pinch myself when I see myself on 'Match of the Day' - it's at times like that you realise how far you've come.

I would say I've done everything I wanted to.

I've, in so many ways, done way more than I ever expected out of life.

I've had great success in everything I've done.

Someone once said to me that success isn't everything and I think I know what they really meant. I believe what they really meant was that money wasn't everything and I certainly agree with that. But I do believe that success IS everything.

I'm going through a phase where I'm really accomplishing a lot of things and in that is everything I've learned.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

It is an everlasting desire to make my dreams come true. And it's getting to the point now where it's like, come on I want my dreams to come true so that I can get on with the rest of my life. Sometimes I think about the rest of my life when I'm done.

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.

My life has flourished in so many ways both personally and professionally that I can't ask for a better life.

You see, money isn't everything - I know it sounds corny but I really mean it - success means a lot more.