Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If we become one of those societies that attack success, why not come as certain there will be a lot less success? And that's not who we are.
I see success as bringing some confidence back to the American people that despite our differences, we can find some ways to move forward.
I don't know many people, if any, who have had some straight line toward success. I mean, they start here, they work hard, they've got what it takes, and they just go straight to the top over some number of years. Most people get a little failure.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
'Success' is a seductive word. Thousands of books have been written on the subject. They promise money, freedom, leisure, and luxury.
Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.
Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
Far too often in the political realm, we demonize success; we demagogue against it. What we should be doing is incentivizing success.
Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.
Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.