--- title: "12 Instant Success Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Instant Success quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Instant Success sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/naveen-tewari-11017_edgy_anything-edgy-won-t-see-instant-success_278678.jpg" --- > [Anything edgy won't see instant success. That's why one will have to learn to wait. You're going to see a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveen-tewari/anything-edgy-won-t-see-instant-success-that-s-why-one-will-have-to/) [Naveen Tewari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveen-tewari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/naveen-tewari-11017_edgy_anything-edgy-won-t-see-instant-success_278678.jpg) > [Instant Success has a magical quality; it can vanish in an instant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikas-pillai/instant-success-has-a-magical-quality-it-can-vanish-in-an-instant/) [Vikas Pillai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikas-pillai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c85/vikas-pillai-285635_magical_instant-success-has-a-magical-quality-it_2400891.jpg) > [Two things bring instant success in life; how you MANAGE when you have nothing and how you BEHAVE when you have everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/divya/two-things-bring-instant-success-in-life-how-you-manage-when-you-have/) [Divya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/divya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/divya-21816_life_two-things-bring-instant-success-in-life_1509013.jpg) > [Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-holtz/everybody-is-looking-for-instant-success-but-it-doesn-t-work-that-way/) [Lou Holtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-holtz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c3/lou-holtz-1584_champion_everybody-is-looking-for-instant-success_1086273.png) > [Instant success are seldom instant and if you talk to the people behind these successes, you'll find out that they came after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-kawasaki/instant-success-are-seldom-instant-and-if-you-talk-to-the-people/) [Guy Kawasaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-kawasaki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/guy-kawasaki-1292_adoption_instant-success-are-seldom-instant-and-i_914957.png) > [You take a chance to do something and you realize in your heart it's either going to be the greatest thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/you-take-a-chance-to-do-something-and-you-realize-in-your-heart-it-s/) [Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/ben-e-king-14975_chance_you-take-a-chance-to-do-something-and-yo_1787238.png) > [I think sometimes people will look at the 'X Factor' winners or they will look at reality TV shows and they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicky-morgan/i-think-sometimes-people-will-look-at-the-x-factor-winners-or-they/) [Nicky Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicky-morgan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/nicky-morgan-4280_fame_i-think-sometimes-people-will-look-at-th_2171015.jpg) > [Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bud-wilkinson/remember-rome-was-not-built-in-a-day-instant-success-is-never/) [Bud Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bud-wilkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/bud-wilkinson-34919_basketball_remember-rome-was-not-built-in-a-day-ins_3196442.png) > [“His lullaby was an instant success not because it was incomparably original, but because it offered a familiar melody in an original…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-thompson/his-lullaby-was-an-instant-success-not-because-it-was-incomparably/) [Derek Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/derek-thompson-28118_lullaby_his-lullaby-was-an-instant-success-not-b_702345.jpg) > [Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-keith/everyone-wants-instant-everything-and-they-want-instant-success-but-i/) [Penelope Keith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-keith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/penelope-keith-23637_art_everyone-wants-instant-everything-and-th_2396964.jpg) > [It wasn't an instant success. It wasn't like I got into Earth, Wind & Fire and we stopped eating oatmeal and McDonald's.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-bailey/it-wasn-t-an-instant-success-it-wasn-t-like-i-got-into-earth-wind/) [Philip Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-bailey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/philip-bailey-4862_direction_it-wasn-t-an-instant-success-it-wasn-t-l_2624258.jpg) > [We're not one of those groups who have one song on the radio and, boom, they're an instant success. We worked hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-jonas/we-re-not-one-of-those-groups-who-have-one-song-on-the-radio-and-boom/) [Kevin Jonas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-jonas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/kevin-jonas-4143_day_we-re-not-one-of-those-groups-who-have-o_2099165.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/instant-success/#itemlist", "name": "Instant Success Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anything edgy won't see instant success. That's why one will have to learn to wait. 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