"Success has always been easy to measure.…" — Michael Korda

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Meaning

The quote says success can be understood by comparing where a person started with what they eventually accomplished. It suggests that achievement is not only about the final result, but also about how far someone has come from their beginnings.

When It Was Said

1977

Who It Was Said To

Not documented yet.

Historical Context

Cited on Wikiquote with the note: "p. 272; often quoted as "Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.""

Source

p. 272; often quoted as "Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement."

Original Language & Translation

Originally said in English.

Did They Really Say It?

Listed with a cited source on Wikiquote.

Did You Know?

It is cited on Wikiquote with the note: "p. 272; often quoted as "Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.""

About Michael Korda

English-born writer and novelist

Michael Korda is an English-born writer and novelist who became editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City. He worked in book publishing as well as in fiction, bringing together editorial experience and a literary career. He is known for his writing and for his leadership at one of the major American publishing houses. His public voice comes from both sides of that work, as an editor shaping books and as an author writing them.

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