Gloria Stuart Quotes

People always say, 'How is it to be so successful?' I'm not successful yet. Richard Branson is successful. That's successful. Michael Jackson was successful. U2 was successful. I'm just a guy, doing okay. But I'm a happy guy doing okay.

I work so hard to make that sure I'm successful. If you're positive and really excited and enthusiastic about what you're doing, it's going to happen, and it's going to happen big time.

I'm blessed that I'm not content. Whenever I work with kids, which I'm passionate about, I want them to know that, yes, two World Cups, two Asian Cups, but I've done it the hard way.

If you have ambitions, dream of what you wish to accomplish, and then put your shoulder to the wheel and work.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

When you win, you don't get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.

I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.

All the things that are worth doing, take time.

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

You can't really achieve anything in three years.

Eventually, the most important thing is success. I want to achieve a lot of success. It doesn't feel good when your film doesn't do well, and yet you are appreciated... everybody should succeed.

Self-made men often worship their creator.

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.

Successful people will always tell you you can do something. It's the people who have never accomplished anything who will always discourage you from trying to achieve excellent things.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

For anyone aspiring to be anything, I would like them to realise dreams require work. So work big time.

I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'

There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

All great achievements require time.

I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances.

There's clearly something to be said for success and following through on your commitments.

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.