Motivational Quotes

Success

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

- Robert Browning

Best Quotes about Success

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

Wilbur Wright

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

Schweitzer, Albert

The secret of success is consistency of purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Quayle, Dan

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

Penn, Jack

Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.

Marden, Orison Swett

You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Emily Dickinson

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.

Powell, Colin

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Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting -- in the trying, not the triumph, Success is a personal standard -- reaching for the highest that is in us -- becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.

Ziglar, Zig

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

Proverb

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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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I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.

Wilson, Woodrow T.

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

Bombeck, Erma

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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Ward, William A.

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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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My definition of success is control.

Branagh, Kenneth

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Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out...

Collier, Robert

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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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True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

Sweeney, Paul

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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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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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

Luckman, Charles

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

Seneca

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Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Keller, Helen

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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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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Henry David Thoreau

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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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Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.

Waitley, Denis

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To try is all. It matters not if one succeeds or fails outwardly.

Thibodeau, Robert

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To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

Gerry Spence

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Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

Rohn, Jim

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Success is a matter of viewpoint. The pessimist sees the bottle as half empty. The optimist sees it as half full.

Karbo, Joe

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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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Not in time, place, or circumstances, but in the man lies success.

Rouss, Charles B.

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There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

Twain, Mark

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Success is failure turned inside out.

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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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On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.

Hubbard, Elbert

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

Banks, Harry F.

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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Patton, George S.

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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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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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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 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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If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein

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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.