My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

All of us are born for a reason but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.

In America as opposed to the old country success was based on merit.

It would be a joy for me if someone who was working with me became a big success.

People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic but you never really enjoy success.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

It's the quality of the ordinary the straight the square that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It's a quality to be proud of. But it's a quality that many people seem to have neglected.