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

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

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

Collier, Robert

Success makes success, like money makes money.

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way: seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as well.

Wooden, John

The successful man is prosperous, because he has developed ninety-five percent of his ability. The failure is poor, because only five percent of his natural talents have been utilized.

Popplestone, Charles E.

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

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Patton, George S.

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

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

We don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have.

Walsh, Basil S.

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

Powell, Colin

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The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Cecil B. DeMille

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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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As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

Billings, Josh

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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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The road to success runs uphill.

Davis, Willie

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

Anderson, Sparky

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True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

Sweeney, Paul

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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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Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

Caldwell, Sarah

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There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Morley, Christopher

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

Coffin, Harold

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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

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

Hogan, James P.

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Success... it's what you do with what you've got.

Dyke, Leroy Van

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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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Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Marquis, Don

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Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be.

Browder, Charles

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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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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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From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.

Goldwyn, Samuel

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Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

Brown, Bob

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Failure has no friends.

Kennedy, John F.

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

Churchill, Winston

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Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Success and money have nothing in common.

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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Buffett, Warren

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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

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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

Watson, Thomas J.

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Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.

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Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Dickinson, Emily

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Success, remember is the reward of toil.

Sophocles

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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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Success tempts many to their ruin.

Phaedrus

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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