"I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise." ― Jessica Savitch Topic(s): Success More From Jessica Savitch "By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion." "No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one." "The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best." More In Success "I went to America and got into a band, had success, had hits in Australia."― Rick Springfield "Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life suddenly better or can turn history around for the good."― Lyndon B. Johnson "The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."― Charles Caleb Colton