Success Timing Quotes

'Dr. Quinn' came along when I turned 40, so my career actually peaked then.

It's OK, by the way, that it takes 10 years for you to make "money." Since when was it that being in your mid-30s to make a few hundred thousand dollars or a million dollars was like egregiously unfair? I think we have to have a sense of perspective here. We're all going to live into our 80s or 90s. So what is everybody in such a rush for?

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.

My dream is to get to the NBA, obviously. But it will be when the time is right.

My debut, 'Vicky Donor,' was when I was 27. If I was a star kid, it would've been 22. I don't think the difference of five years would've affected much.

I'm glad this whole success thing is happening now. I can't even imagine a 23-year-old Leslie in this position.

I think a lot of people try to plan things in their career. They feel like, If I don't get this done by the time I'm thirty, everything's over. But I've worked with a lot of people whose careers shot to the top later in life.

I have been fortunate to have my game peak at the right times.

When I was about 25, I went to a hand reader, this Indian guy in a funky neighborhood. He said: The height of your success won't happen until you're in your late 40s.

You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29.

If you were to ask me when I was 17 if I was mad because I didn't have a deal, I would have probably said, 'Yeah.' Now I'm so glad I got it when I got it. People tell you to be patient and wait. Patience is not a virtue of mine, but I think everything definitely happened the right way for me.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it.

When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial.

We were blessed that we were successful when we were. That enabled us to live in a comfortable fashion.

I'm kind of grateful that I didn't have any real success until I was older and basically out of high school. I think that was a real confidence boost for me, having it all start that way, in that very privileged position of having him vouch for me.

Can you imagine peaking as a teen? I think if you peak in high school, there's a problem. That's what my sister always said: 'Don't worry, you'll peak later.'