"Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character."
― P. G. Wodehouse
Topic(s):
Success
More From P. G. Wodehouse
- "It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought."
- "Golf… is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well."
- "Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them."
More In Success
- "Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive."― Andy Grove
- "When you’re a plebeian you want success, and when you’re successful you want to be a plebeian again."― Paula Cole
- "One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it."― Knute Rockne