Jamie Lawson Quotes

To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

If you got the talent and the drive, there are ways to get noticed.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

You really have to be ambitious and have that drive to really become well known and successful as a standup.

Who's more likely to succeed - someone with high skill and no ambition, or no skill and high ambition? If you're an entrepreneur, you can hire as many skilled people for your business as you want.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

There really isn't a formula for success.

Musical success depends on how much you enjoy it and how much you are willing to put in. Luck must follow, too.

If you have the talent and passion and commitment, you shouldn't be locked out of the room.

I think motivation and drive, coupled with raw talent, help make founders successful.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

I've told myself I have a chance to make history, and that's my focus.

I've thought a lot about success, because it's very strange to me that I've been successful.

It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them.

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.