Your favorite success quotes from films/audio/books

"Show me the money! SHOW ME THE MONEY!"

Cuba Gooding in "Jerry Maguire"

"Never argue with someone more stupid than yourself, they'll bring you down to their level and then win with experience." - unknown.

What if all failures are only resources?

"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." Mel Gibson - Braveheart

For the ones who had a notion,
A notion deep inside,
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive,
I want to find one face that ain't lookin' through me,
I want to find one place --
I want to spit in the face of these Badlands!

Bruce Springsteen, "Badlands"

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), Day of Affirmation Address 1966


Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick)

I am not going to sit [and do nothing] as the events that affect me unfold to determine the course of my life. I'm going to take a stand. I'm going to defend it. Right or wrong, I'm going to defend it.
Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck)

Diane: Nobody thought we'd ever make it this far.
Lloyd: I know. You just described every great success story.
Diane (Ione Skye) and Lloyd (John Cusack) in "Say Anything" (1989)