"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." ― William Feather Topic(s): Success More From William Feather "Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious." "A budget tells us what we can’t afford, but it doesn’t keep us from buying it." "The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation’s proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations." More In Success "A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."― Mario Puzo "If success had come along when I was 17 it would either have killed me or sent me completely mad."― Alex Kapranos "I’ve been very lucky in the characters I’ve chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth."― Kristen Bell