88 Movie Quotes about Success (+ Sound Clips) - page 7

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

Memorable quotes about success, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

61 But, gentlemen, you cannot argue with success.

Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

62 Our mission was called a successful failure, in that we returned safely, but never made it to the moon.

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

63 I'm glad I finally made it. Just goes to show it only needs patience.

Quote from Savage Killers

64 If you practice hard, you will succeed, but there is no shortcut on the road to success.

Quote from 8 Strikes Of The Wildcat

65 How frustrating it'll be for my colleagues when they'll learn that I succeeded where they failed. I'd sure like to see their faces when they hear about it?

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

66 I want to be a success as a father. So the first thing I've got to do is to be a success as a man.

Edward Arnold as Mr. Kirby in You Can't Take It with You (1939)

67 Ambition is alright if it works, but no system could be right where only half of one percent were successes and all the rest were failures.

Dick Powell as Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

68 No, I'm not a failure. I'm a success. And so are you, if you earn your own living and pay your own bills and look the world in the eye.

Dick Powell as Jimmy in Christmas in July (1944)

69 Tell me about my future. I mean, I know I make it big. But what? Do I become, like, a rich rock star?

Michael J. Fox as Marty Mcfly in Back to the Future Part II

70 Well, the only thing worries me is, of course, what do we do for your next one? How can I possibly top this?

David Niven as Sir Charles Lytton in The Pink Panther (1963)