Success secrets of the super rich

They have all made it BIG! Click through to gain pearls of wisdom from these super-successful A-listers.

Warren Buffett:

“Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.”

Bill Gates:

 “It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”

Steve Jobs:

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

Jeff Bezos:

“If you never want to be criticized, for goodness' sake don't do anything new.”

Oprah Winfrey:

“What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God’s way of pointing you in a new direction.”

Rupert Murdoch: 

“I love competition. And I want to win.”

Richard Branson:

 “My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.”


Donald Trump: 

“Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.”


Mukesh Ambani: 

“I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.”

Mark Zuckerberg: 

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

Lakshmi Mittal:

“Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.”

Azim Premji: 

“If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.”

Andy Grove:

“You have to pretend you're 100 percent sure. You have to take action; you can't hesitate or hedge your bets. Anything less will condemn your efforts to failure.”

Jack Welch: 

            “Love the janitor.”

J.K. Rowling:

 “If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

Andrew Carnegie:

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”

Michael Bloomberg: 

“Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved.”

Mark Cuban:

 “Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.”

Henry Ford: 

“If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”

Clive Palmer: 

“I realised that in a lot of failures, there is a lot of opportunities.”

Michael Dell: 

“Whether you’ve found your calling, or if you’re still searching, passion should be the fire that drives your life’s work.”

Carlos Slim Helu: 

“When there is a crisis, that’s when some are interested in getting out and that’s when we are interested in getting in.”

Bernard Arnault:

 “I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I’m not very patient myself. But I think that I’ve learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it’s the right time.”

Aristotle Onassis:

 “After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.”

Ted Turner:

 “I just love it when people say I can't do it, there's nothing that makes me feel better because all my life, people have said that I wasn't going to make it.”