Annie Lennox

Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing very powerful emotions. That’s what draws people towards it.

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That’s not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

There’s always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

To be successful in the world of entrepreneurs, especially in the early stages, a person must learn to fail, correct, learn, apply what was learned, and fail again.

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

The recipe of success is to study while others are sleeping, work while others are loafing, prepare while others are playing, and dream while others are wishing.

I was determined to succeed in what I loved to do. I wasn’t going to let my disability stand in my way.

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who do nothing and succeed.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

Keys to success: Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.