Motivational Quotes

Success

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

- Carnegie, Dale

Best Quotes about Success

I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's life.

Follin, G. W.

Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.

Forbes, Malcolm S.

When a man has done his best, has given his all, and in the process supplied the needs of his family and his society, that man has made a habit of succeeding.

Douglas, Mack R.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Fran Lebowitz

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

Caldwell, Sarah

The two leading recipes for success are building a better mousetrap and finding a bigger loophole.

Shoaff, Edgar

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

The Lord gave us two ends -- one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.

Landers, Ann

Too often the shortcut, the line of least resistance, is responsible for evanescent and unsatisfactory success.

Binstock, Louis

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This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure.

Korda, Michael

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Success is a journey, not a destination.

Sweetland, Ben

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My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, however, attempting to change our deepest thoughts and learning to love ourselves is a monumental challenge. We may achieve success in our business lives but it never quite means as much if we do not feel good inside. Once we feel good about ourselves inside we can genuinely lend ourselves to others.

Franki

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The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.

Besant, Sir Walter

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Success doesn't come to you you go to it.

Collins, Marva

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Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you.

Oprah Winfrey

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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

Goldwyn, Samuel

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There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

Kin Hubbard

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Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.

Holt, Hamilton

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A successful person is a dreamer whom someone believed in.

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Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Christopher Lasch

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To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.

Anna Pavlova

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Success is that old A B C; ability, breaks, and courage.

Luckman, Charles

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Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Rohn, Jim

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Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.

Mike Ditka

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Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

Wooden, John

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Success has always been a great liar.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.

Noble, Alex

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The largest barrier to success is removing the mattress from one's back in the morning.

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Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.

Emily Dickinson

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It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man.

Nunn, Gregory

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The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

Watson, Thomas J.

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A strenuous soul hates cheap success.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Brothers, Dr. Joyce

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Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.

Wilson, Earl

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What is a big shot except a little shot that kept on shooting.

Proverb

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You never become a howling success by just howling.

Harrington, Bob

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If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.

Quayle, Dan

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Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Baum, Vicki

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Why be a man when you can be a success?

Bertolt Brecht

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Success is not a doorway, it's a staircase.

Walters, Dottie

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The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.

Jean Giraudoux

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There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Christopher Morley

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The road to success runs uphill.

Davis, Willie

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Would you live with ease, do what you should, and not what you please. Success has ruined many a man.

Franklin, Benjamin

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Anything that interferes with individual progress ultimately will retard group progress.

Houston, George

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You don't have to stay up nights to succeed; you have to stay awake days.

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Here is the basic rule for winning success. Let's mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be in is the support of other people.

Schwartz, David J.

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Success tempts many to their ruin.

Phaedrus

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Nothing fails like success.

Gerald Nachman

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I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can.

Namath, Joe