Motivational Quotes

Success

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.

Best Quotes about Success

He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas.

Gibson, Mimfa A.

You never become a howling success by just howling.

Harrington, Bob

If at first you don't succeed, take the tax loss.

Kirkpatrick, Kirk

If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.

Einstein, Albert

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

Walters, Barbara

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

You always pass failure on the way to success.

Mickey Rooney

Success is the sum of details.

Firestone, Harvey S.

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The secret of success is to realize that the crisis on our planet is much larger than just deciding what to do with your own life, and if the system under which we live the structure of western civilization begins to collapse because of our selfishness and greed, then it will make no difference whether you have $1 million dollars when the crash comes or just $1.00. The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.

Williamson, Marianne

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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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The only certain means of is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.

Mandino, Og

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Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.

Stanislavisky, Konstantin

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Whenever I hear,'It can't be done,'I know I'm close to success.

Michael Flatley

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Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

Marquis, Don

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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Alcott, Amos Bronson

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We fall forward to succeed.

Ash, Mary Kay

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Success: Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Morley, Christopher

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

Dyer, Wayne

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What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Bob Dylan

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

Los Angeles Times

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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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What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.

Fairless, Benjamin F.

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Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Christopher Lasch

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If at first you don't succeed, try to hide your astonishment.

Banks, Harry F.

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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Rockefeller, John D.

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

Mike Ditka

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The road to success runs uphill.

Davis, Willie

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You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

Meryl Streep

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

Wilson, Earl

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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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You don't pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success.

Ziglar, Zig

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We claim that any man who is honest, fair, tolerant, kind, charitable, and well-behaved is a success. No matter what his station in life.

House, Jay

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Formula for Success... and then some. The top people do what's expected of them, and then some. They are thoughtful and considerate of others, and then some. They meet their obligations and responsibilities fairly and squarely, and then some. They are good friends to their friends, and then some. They can be counted on in an emergency, and then some. And so it is when we do what is assigned to us in our lives and in the church, and then some; then the Lord pays in full, and then some.

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

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My success has depended wholly on putting things over on people, so I'm not sure that I'm that great a role model. I am, however, an expert on pretending to be an expert on pretending to be an expert.

Meryl Streep

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Success and money have nothing in common.

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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

Seneca

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I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high.

Wilbur Wright

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

Schweitzer, Albert

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Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that? But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile.

Toynbee, Arnold

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I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

Herbert Bayard Swope

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Buck, Pearl S.

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Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Henry David Thoreau

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

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The man who has done his best has done everything.

Schwab, Charles M.