Vidal Sassoon

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”.

[As a child] I want to earn a thousand dollars a week, have an apartment on Ocean Parkway, and drive a Cadillac convertible.

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

You always pass failure on the way to success.

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.

I’ve become very successful over the years. I think I own among the greatest properties in the world.

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.

There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

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 measure success by how many people love me.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

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

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.

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.