Oliver Herford Quotes

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

All rising to a great place is by a winding stair.

I've not got any terrible stories of what I had to do to scrabble my way to the top, obviously, because I didn't scrabble my way to the top. I just scrabbled my way to the middle!

Success consists in the climb.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

Success is like a high-rise building I'm on the first floor. There are a lot of people in the basement or the parking lot but I was lucky enough to have made it to the first floor and I'm looking to make it to the penthouse.

Business is about being the best that you can be, and there are always glowing examples of people that we can all learn from.

I think hard work is what gets most people to the top.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.

You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition.

Be different, stand out, and work your butt off.

Success takes us to the top and away from those we love.

When I entered films, I rose to the top. In business, too, I want to be at the top.

The people in New York want to achieve something; the people in L.A., they just want to achieve success.

I was once asked if a big business man ever reached his objective. I replied that if a man ever reached his objective he was not a big business man.

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.

My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.

We will stomp to the top with the wind in our teeth.

Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.

I had great football players. To be quite truthful, my great football players, the ones who wanted the ball at the end of the games, they weren't focused on money. They want to do something great. They want to go to Pro Bowls. They want to win Super Bowls. Those are the people that succeed in sports - or in business.