When it comes to being badass nothing beats this It took me 17 years and 114 days to become an overnight success. — Lionel Messi Copy Share Image
So much is put on the notion of the overnight success. I never wanted to pretend that's who I was. — Nicola Coughlan Copy Share Image
People who think achieving success is a linear A-to-Z process, a straight shot to the top, simply aren't in touch with reality. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I worked 18 years to become an overnight success. Now MagicPlace.com will short circuit that process for people. — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
“An Overnight Success is usally 20 years in the making! (I only have five years to go).” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you're in business it's both a promise and a warning. It says that sometimes little things can cause some little guy… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Overnight success just doesn't happen. You've got to put your time in. You're up and down - all of a sudden, it… — Anthony Calvillo Copy Share Image
A lot of people fear failures, struggling, they want overnight success and they live in their fake imaginary world. — Koena Mitra Copy Share Image
“I realized that success is not a one-time act or a moment of luck and that "Overnight Success" is never true. Success… — Jan Mckingley Hilado Copy Share Image
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It's so funny looking back, but my so-called overnight success actually took 15 years. I remember when I didn't have any money,… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
It takes years to establish yourself, and then you have one big film and everyone calls you an overnight success. You think,… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
On Twitter, there'll be fans of 'Army Wives' and people who say, 'I've been following you since 'Supernatural,' I loved you on… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I believe there should be no arbitrary date set for withdrawal and yet no permanent, unending deployment. No cut and run, yet… — Rick Renzi Copy Share Image
I know it wasn't like a meteoric rise, it was not overnight success. Nobody watched my movie, fell in love and said… — Shraddha Srinath Copy Share Image
Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's… — Frankie Ballard Copy Share Image
I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years. — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
Things that are like overnight success things don't last long, and that's not something I wanted. — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
With So Solid, we had overnight success and I bought stupid stuff with my money, I bought a 35k car while I… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
Chip maker Nvidia is the new old thing, an overnight success story years in the making that is having its moment and… — Adam Lashinsky Copy Share Image
Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success. — Biz Stone Copy Share Image
There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money. — Henry Sy Copy Share Image
Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
People think I'm an overnight success. No. It's just that you all found me overnight. — Leslie Jones Copy Share Image
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. So remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years. — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
It's really important that young people realise very rarely do you become an overnight success. — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success. — Samuel Goldwyn Copy Share Image
It took me 30 years for people to consider me an overnight success. — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“It's surprising how many sleepless nights it takes to become an overnight success!” — Christoph Martin Copy Share Image
Eventually, after a couple of years, Stripe strated to become an overnight success. — Patrick Collison Copy Share Image
A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for three or four years, and… — Vanilla Ice Copy Share Image
Nothing is ever quick. You have to grow an audience, keep them engaged, give them a reason to keep coming back so… — Karen Civil Copy Share Image