Mark Caine

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.

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

I thought I’d be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris. It was just inconceivable to me I couldn’t win it all.

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.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

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

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.

People who are fools don’t get successful, and they don’t get to be successful if they are worried about their popularity.

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may have in the company. There may have been a time when, in large corporations, a person could rise simply because he had a stock interest or because he had friends in top management. That’s not true today. Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

Keys to success: Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

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.

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

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