Motivational Quotes

Success

It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.

- Wooden, John

Best Quotes about Success

Success in life is a matter not so much of talent as of concentration and perseverance.

Wendte, C. W.

Would you like me to give you a formula for... success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all... you can be discouraged by failure -- or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side.

Watson, Thomas J.

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

Holt, Hamilton

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Ward, William A.

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

Caldwell, Sarah

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

Thackeray, William M.

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

Proverb

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Schweitzer, Albert

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The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.

Mizner, Wilson

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How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.

Oprah Winfrey

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The man who has done his best has done everything.

Schwab, Charles M.

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Success doesn't mean the absence of failures; it means the attainment of ultimate objectives. It means winning the war, not every battle.

Bliss, Edwin C.

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Success has always been a great liar.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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

Morley, Christopher

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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.

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Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.

Dr. David M. Burns

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Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

Bombeck, Erma

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Success... it's what you do with what you've got.

Dyke, Leroy Van

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.

Twain, Mark

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The key to my success has been to give up everything for my dream.

Johnson, John

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The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

Dulles, John Foster

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To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

Gerry Spence

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A strenuous soul hates cheap success.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

Brown, Bob

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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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If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage... true success follows every right step.

Marden, Orison Swett

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Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That's dedication.

Mille, Cecil B. De

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

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The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

Hill, Napoleon

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The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Robbins, Anthony

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Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

Wilson, Sloan

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When all is said and done, success without happiness is the worst kind of failure.

Binstock, Louis

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Success makes success, like money makes money.

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

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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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You're probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm.

Larry Page

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

Baum, Vicki

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Success breeds conservatism, and that means a love affair with the status quo and an aversion to change.

Popoff, Frank

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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

Joseph Addison

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Success is not something you get out of what you do.

Dyer, Wayne

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Success is like a fart -- only your own smells nice.

Hogan, James P.

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