Mark Caine

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one’s business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

If I had to select one quality and one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick persistence I and determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get up off the floor saying, “Here comes number seventy one”.

The real secret to success is enthusiasm.

I’ve always won, and I’m going to continue to win. And that’s the way it is.

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

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

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.

When you’re successful, things have a momentum and you can’t tell if you have created the momentum or it’s creating you.

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.

Losing is tough.

Success is not all about money. It’s about having the resources and the ability to live the life that you have personally dreamed of.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

It’s next to impossible to build a successful business without relationships.

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