Zac Posen Quotes

I believed and still believe that success is only part of the story. It makes you want to get better and better so as not to let yourself down and not to let the people down who like what you do and you don't waste your success.

I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.

I developed a really strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted.

I am a very hands-on person, and I like to be involved in driving my business.

I am blessed to be doing what I do. So if I have to be at a photo shoot, do an interview, or make a TV appearance, I am not going to sit around whining and complaining about how I don't want to get up early or I don't feel like talking.

I always start a job thinking 'why am I here?', I feel very very lucky, I still pinch myself.

I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.

If you must let someone down, be sure it isn’t the friend who helped you up when you were down.

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.

What our country deserves from everyone who enjoys its fruits and freedoms is a little more gratitude - and a lot less greed.

I love the accomplishments and the awards that I've received through the years. But I've always worked more for the rewards than the awards. I've always counted my blessings before I've counted my money. I'm glad that new dreams come to me everyday.

You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.

We all have won the lottery of life. How do we discharge that responsibility?

There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.

I don't think you should sit around and wait for people to give you an opportunity to express yourself or do your work, or whatever. Actors have to be producers and writers have to be producers.

Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.

Good therapy, gently but firmly, moves people out of denial and compartmentalization. It helps clients to develop richer inner lives and greater self-knowledge. It teaches clients to live harmoniously with others and it enhances Existential consciousness, and allows people to take responsibility for their effects on the world at large. For me , happiness is about appreciating what one has. Practically speaking,this means lowering expectations about what is fair, possible and likely. It means,finding pleasure in the ordinary.

You can’t stand in gratitude if you’re stuck in victimhood.

The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

I always hang up my own dresses. It is a good lesson in appreciation and in always remembering that you're part of a team, not outside of the team, but with the team and on the team.

Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable blessing, the responsibility awful as sweet, of possessing or of being a friend.

You can't open your presents 'til you write your thank-you letters.

I want to encourage people to not think in terms of gifts, but think in terms of, wow. You work hard to succeed at that, because that's exactly what I do.

You have everything. A family, a great job, a lot of people who look up to you. You've got a place to go home to. So go.

Working hard and appreciating the accomplishments that have come from that keeps me grounded.