"The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success." ― Irving Berlin Topic(s): Success More From Irving Berlin "Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it." "Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force." More In Success "Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"― Andrew Carnegie "I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success."― Tennessee Williams "I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life."― Constance Baker Motley