"If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire." ― Mason Cooley Topic(s): Success More From Mason Cooley "An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie." "Young men preen. Old men scheme." "Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little." More In Success "The secret of success is sincerity."― Jean Giraudoux "Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry."― Democritus "I’ve stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance."― Robert Plant