nothing succeeds like success

nothing succeeds like success

proverb Initial success provides the resources and fosters the circumstances for further success. After their surprise championship victory, the team was suddenly flooded with support from the state and went on to become a powerhouse in the region. Nothing succeeds like success, as they say.
See also: like, nothing, succeed, success
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Prov. If you have succeeded in the past, you will continue to be successful in the future. After Alan's brilliant courtroom victory, everyone wanted to be his client. Nothing succeeds like success.
See also: like, nothing, succeed, success
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

nothing succeeds like success

success leads to opportunities for further and greater successes. proverb
See also: like, nothing, succeed, success
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

nothing sucˌceeds like sucˈcess

(saying) success encourages you and often leads to more success: The first task the students do should be one they are likely to do well. This is because nothing succeeds like success.
See also: like, nothing, succeed, success
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • rise like a rocket
  • rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)
  • key to success
  • ride on the back of (something)
  • dress for success
  • best-laid plans go astray, the
  • quit while (one) is ahead
  • quit while one is ahead
  • quit while one's ahead
  • coattail
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Nothing succeeds like success, and the market for television history quickly and exponentially expanded.
Although he has gotten good press lately, reminding us of the old adage that nothing succeeds like success, he was, in my judgment, a charlatan and a phony If we as physicians are to be examples to our patients, we must be categorical in our denunciation of an Atkins.
But nothing succeeds like success. Pershing's strategies were unstoppable; the Kaiser's superb troops were indeed driven back and the course of European history was changed.