Motivational Quotes

Success

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

- Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

Best Quotes about Success

Success doesn't suck.

Rucker, Darius

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

Proverb

The only journey is the one within.

Rilke, Rainer Maria

We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human race.

Twain, Mark

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

Rumsfeld, Donald

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Hill, Napoleon

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous, on the contrary, it makes them for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.

Maugham, W. Somerset

I hope I have convinced you -- the only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Brown, Helen Gurley

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

Truism, Goldstein S.

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Subdue fate by exerting human strength to the maximum; and if, when the effort has been made and success is not achieved, no one else can be blamed.

Hitopadesa

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Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.

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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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If a great thing can be done, it can be done easily, but this ease is like the of ease of a tree blossoming after long years of gathering strength.

Ruskin, John

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For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

Allen, James

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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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Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

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Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.

Ward, William A.

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Replying to the tributes paid to him at a testimonial dinner, Herbert Bayard Swope said; I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure -- try to please everybody.

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Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

Anderson, Sparky

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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.

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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

Coffin, Harold

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Nielson, G. K.

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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 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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People fail forward to success.

Mary Kay Ash

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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.

Irving Berlin

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To succeed means that you may have to step out of line and march to the sound of your own drummer.

Degreen, Keith

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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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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Patton, George S.

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The secret of success is consistency of purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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One principle reason why men are so often useless is that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.

Emmons, G.

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Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.

Wooden, John

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Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

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Strategy is a style of thinking, a conscious and deliberate process, an intensive implementation system, the science of insuring future success.

Johnson, Pete

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Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don't even know there is a ladder.

Schuller, Robert H.

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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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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hubbard, Elbert

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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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Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

Arthur Rubinstein

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

Morley, Christopher

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

Confucius

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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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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people -- your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.

Bush, Barbara

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

Mizner, Wilson

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The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces

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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.