"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?" ― Jean Cocteau Topic(s): Success Tags: believe More From Jean Cocteau "The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth." "The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up." "The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them." More In Success "Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable."― Coco Chanel "I totally accept that it’s a legitimate criticism that when you are involved in the day-to-day scrum of government… that what can get lost is the narrative, the hymn sheet… the song that inspires and lifts people’s sights."― Nick Clegg "I don’t think about financial success as the measurement of my success."― Christie Hefner