Raekwon Quotes

The greatest enemy of progress is your last success, you could become so proud of what you've already accomplished that you stop moving ahead to what you can still accomplish

I made my first million pounds at the age of 26. As a little girl, I said I would retire when I had made my first million. The reality was different. When I did make it, I wanted to make another million, and another, and another after that.

I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.

I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent.

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

I refuse to sit on my laurels.

Even if we had the No. 1 video on MTV, and we had money and everything else, I think we'd always have more to do. I don't ever want to wake up in the morning and say, 'What are we gonna do today?' I'm afraid of that. I don't ever want to wake up and feel like we've conquered.

In periods when everything was going really well I may have taken my foot off the pedal and got comfortable where I was at, not carrying on to the next level.

If a person is too 'satisfied', then he might become complacent, not work so hard to get ahead.

So many people get content. So many people stop when they're at the top. They'll let someone take their place because they're relaxing. That's not going to happen.

If you settle in life, you don't go further.

Heard someone say, 'I can't wait until I can finally say I've made it.' The day you think you've 'made it' is the day you begin your decline.

Success can lead to complacency, and complacency is the greatest enemy of success.

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

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

People say 'I want to be rich'. The question is, 'Are you willing to do what it takes?'

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.

The day you feel like you've won, you need to drive out of the parking lot and not come back.