I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years.
Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.
People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.
The minute I went into business, I was a success, and I've done well ever since.
I always worked pretty steadily. But maybe out of some kind of fear, I put the brakes on letting myself be as successful as I'd like to be. More and more, I've taken the brakes off and let whatever happens happen.
One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.
I'm what is known as a 40-year overnight success.
My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.
There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.
My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.