Motivational Quotes

Success

It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man.

- Nunn, Gregory

Best Quotes about Success

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.

Washington, Booker T.

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.

Robbins, Anthony

The real superstar is a man or a woman raising six kids on $150 a week.

Haywood, Spencer

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

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

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

Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.

Korda, Michael

Only a life built into God's place can succeed. Half of our discouragements are due to the fact that we are not in tune with the infinite harmony of the Great Power, We should be helpers in building the city of God. A city that will endure when all earthly

Welch, Bishop Herbert E.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Hill, Napoleon

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

Hogan, James P.

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To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

Gerry Spence

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Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?

Robbins, Anthony

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Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.

Givens, Charles J.

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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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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

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There is plenty of room at the top -- but no place to sit down.

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To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.

Anna Pavlova

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We were born to succeed, not to fail.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

Wilson, Sloan

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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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My definition of success is control.

Branagh, Kenneth

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Success tempts many to their ruin.

Phaedrus

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

Waitley, Denis

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If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.

Robbins, Anthony

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Success has always been a great liar.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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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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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Coffin, Harold

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

Fran Lebowitz

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

Dyer, Wayne

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

Proverb

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A person is a success if they get up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Dylan, Bob

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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 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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If a guy has a really good success pattern, I'll go along with him if he says he can go to the moon on Scotch tape.

Herzog, Raymond

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I feel that the most important requirement in success is learning to overcome failure. You must learn to tolerate it, but never accept it.

Jackson, Reggie

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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Brothers, Dr. Joyce

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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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It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.

Amos, John R.

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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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You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, harness your power to your passion. Honor your calling. Everybody has one. Trust your heart, and success will come to you.

Oprah Winfrey

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The key to my success has been to give up everything for my dream.

Johnson, John

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Success, remember is the reward of toil.

Sophocles

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

Powell, Colin