Motivational Quotes

Success

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

- Ziglar, Zig

Best Quotes about Success

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

Hogan, James P.

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.

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

Degreen, Keith

Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Rohn, Jim

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.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

Henry David Thoreau

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

Durante, Jimmy

Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.

Barack Obama

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider -- and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation -- persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.

Bell, Alexander Graham

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

Rouss, Charles B.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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Success is not a doorway, it's a staircase.

Walters, Dottie

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

Coffin, Harold

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There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all day and every day.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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A strenuous soul hates cheap success.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Wendte, C. W.

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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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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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I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.

Barack Obama

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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Tracy, Brian

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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

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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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Success has always been a great liar.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

Korda, Michael

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

Zaharias, Babe Didrikson

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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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Character is more important than intelligence for success.

Beaux, Gilberte

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The only journey is the one within.

Rilke, Rainer Maria

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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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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

Carnegie, Dale

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When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, and all of his faculties say amen to what he is doing, and give their unqualified approval to his efforts, -- this is happiness, this is success.

Marden, Orison Swett

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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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My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.

Carson, Johnny

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Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

David Nicholls

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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 isn't necessarily permanent -- but neither is failure.

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To give your best is to receive the best.

Holliwell, Raymond

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If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.

Anna Quindlen

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If you have been touched by the success fairy, people think you know why. People think success breeds enlightenment and you are duty-bound to spread around like manure. Fertilize those young minds!

Meryl Streep

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Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Patton, George S.

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You already have every characteristic necessary for success.

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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

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Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Fran Lebowitz

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Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

Shula, 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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When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, " When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies." But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you're not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.

Ellen DeGeneres

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Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.

Ewing, Sam

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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