Woody Allen

I took a speed reading course and read ‘War and Peace’ in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

Django was the definitive genius on the guitar, and the depth of his gift was so spectacular.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

To succeed in life, you need to things: ignorance and confidence.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.

If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you. We realized that being successful isn’t about being impressive, it’s about being inspired. That’s what it means to be true to yourself.

Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.

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.

A minute of success pays for years of failure.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

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

You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.

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.