Motivational Quotes

Success

Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.

- Backus, Jim

Best Quotes about Success

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Edison, Thomas A.

Success and money have nothing in common.

The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That's the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can't be the central thing.

Barack Obama

The goose that lays the golden eggs likes to lay where there are eggs already.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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 is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

Seneca

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You already have every characteristic necessary for success.

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Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches.

Ruskin, John

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

Seneca

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Success and suffering are vitally and organically linked. If you succeed without suffering, it is because someone suffered for you; if you suffer without succeeding, it is in order that someone else may succeed after you.

Judson, Edward

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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

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The only journey is the one within.

Rilke, Rainer Maria

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When we fail our pride supports us and when we succeed, it betrays us.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

Price, Leontyne

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There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.

Wilson, Charles E.

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

Mizner, Wilson

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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 not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Rohn, Jim

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If, at first, you do succeed, try to hide your astonishment.

Los Angeles Times

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Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.

Durante, Jimmy

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Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition -- in having put forth the best within you

Kaiser, Henry J.

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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Shoaff, Edgar

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Opportunities? They are all around us... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.

Nielson, G. K.

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My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'

Helen Hayes

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

Albert Schweitzer

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The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.

Confucius

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Success means only doing what you do well, letting someone else do the rest.

Truism, Goldstein S.

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A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.

Kurt Lewin

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Success is the sum of details.

Firestone, Harvey S.

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Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

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Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Churchill, Winston

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Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.

Korda, Michael

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Success with money, family, relationships, health, and careers is the ability to reach your personal objectives in the shortest time, with the least effort and with the fewest mistakes. The goals you set for yourself and the strategies you choose become your blueprint or plan. Strategies are like recipes: choose the right ingredients, mix them in the correct proportions, and you will always produce the same predictable results: in this case financial success. The success strategies for managing money and building wealth are called Money Strategies. By learning to use money strategies as a part of your day-to-day life, financial frustration and failure will become a thing of the past.

Givens, Charles J.

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When you are making a success of something, it's not work. It's a way of life. You enjoy yourself because you are making your contribution to the world.

Granatelli, Andrew

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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Houston, George

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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

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

Forbes, Malcolm S.

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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 is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Baum, Vicki

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Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.

Givens, Charles J.