Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. ”

In Los Angeles, wealth and poverty are separated by the freeways. In New York, they're next to each other. ”

Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight. ”

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective. ”

I hate not working. It's that lack of purpose. It becomes very easy to lie in until midday. ”

I think there's something nice about singing for a kind of particular purpose. ”

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation. ”

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. ”

I like to sing because my mother was a singer. She sang to me all the time, so I learned to love singing. I did have a career as little 10-year-old George Benson. I made my first record as a vocalist, but I've been playing guitar since I was 9. ”

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am. ”