Michael Korda Quotes

Pure unadulterated success is not as funny as failure.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

I think that success is having fun.

There's nothing like success.

Success is difficult to define.

Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.

I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed.

I feel like I've accomplished all my fantasies and childhood dreams. I had nothing; now I have everything.

You can be the CEO of a big company and still be unhappy. You can also pass an exam and feel like you've hit the jackpot. Success all depends on how happy you are.

Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.

I want to have it all.

To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

I want to be happy. I realized that being happy isn't necessarily about getting there, it's how you get there. It almost sounds like a cliche, but every entrepreneur I've talked to - every good entrepreneur - really enjoys the 'how you get here.'

Success has always been a great liar.

Success is always less funny than failure.

As for success, I don't care for it. It is a fragile thing.

Success without someone to share it with is hollow indeed. On the other hand, it beats the heck out of failure.

People don't like success.

I think anybody that's worked hard and has built something and has been successful can testify to how, you know, how wonderful that was, how wonderful it still is.

For me, I'm happy to succeed on any network.

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

To be associated with success is absolutely wonderful.