Tag: Success Quotes

Success is the sweetest revenge

“Great things never come from comfort zones.”

“Dream it. Wish it. Do it.”

“Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.”

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn

”Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.” – Brian Tracy

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” – Abraham Maslow

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” – Charles F. Kettering

“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” – Erich Fromm

“Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the ‘someday I’ll’ philosophy.” – Denis Waitley

“Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki

“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.” – David Bly

“The people who succeed are irrationally passionate about something.” – Naval Ravikant 

“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” – Herbert Bayard Swope

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation.” – Pearl S. Buck

“My secret for success? I don’t know what the hell success means.” – Al Lewis

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” – W.C. Fields 

“Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles

“Success is the sweetest revenge.” – Vanessa Williams

“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.” – Richard Bach 

“Become so curious and obsessed with one thing that you forget everything else. Follow it, drink it, dive deep in it, master it. Remarkable results need remarkable actions.” – Maxime Lagacé

Life is about creating yourself

“Your limitation—it’s only your imagination.”

“Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.”

“Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.”

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John R. Wooden

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

“The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin

“If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.” – Harriet Tubman

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness.” – Mother Teresa

“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“The maximum success is reached when you are never busy.” – Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Living our life deeply and with happiness, having time to care for our loved ones – this is another kind of success, another kind of power, and it is much more important.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“This is the most simple and basic component of life: our struggles determine our successes.” – Mark Manson

“People are successful because they think and act like successful people.” – Roy T. Bennett

“If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.” – John Maxwell

“Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.” – Tim Fargo

“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett

I never dreamed about success

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Saying

“Play is our brain’s favourite way of learning.” – Diane Ackerman

“Don’t expect your friend to be a perfect person. But, help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship!” –  Mother Teresa

“I don’t work for others, I work for myself. And I chose the way to work for myself. But working for myself, that means working for the society. If you really want to work for yourself, think about the others, the DT time, making sure you help others, because only when the other people are successful, when the other people are happy, you’ll be successful, you’ll be happy.” – Jack Ma

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden

“The successful man doesn’t use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is service.” – Mark Caine

“Success doesn’t come to you, you’ve got to go to it.” – Marva Collins

“Success isn’t about how much money you make.  It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama

“I never dreamed about success.  I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” – Charles F. Kettering

“Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral. Pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change.” – Shonda Rhimes

“Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” –  Michelle Obama

“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King

“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.” – Ronald Reagan

“Why do anything unless it is going to be great?” – Peter Block

“Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!” – Tony Robbins

“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” – Pablo Picasso

“Efficiency is doing better than what is already being done.” – Peter Drucker

“Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.” – Bruce Lee

Happiness is the key to success

“Be silly, be honest, be kind.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” – John Wooden

“Give the world the best you have, and the best will come to you.” – Madeline Bridge

“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?”.” – Brian Tracy

“Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.” – Damien Hirst

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Herman Cain 

“Action is the fundamental key to success.” – Pablo Picasso

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”  – Jim Rohn

“What you do today matters. What you do every day matters. Successful people just do the things that seem to make no difference in the act of doing them and they do them over and over and over until the compound effect kicks in.” – Jeff Olson

“The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.” – Barbara Corcoran

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” – Oscar Wilde

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Picasso

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” – Stephen King

“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.” – Ronald Reagan

“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” – Herb Kelleher

“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.” – Tony Robbins

“If there are nine rabbits on the ground, if you want to catch one, just focus on one.” – Jack Ma

You are braver than you believe

“The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it’s enormously useful in life.” – Larry Ellison

“You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne

“Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.” –  Bernard Baruch

“Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.” –  Bo Bennett

“Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to.” – Bob Cousy

“Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.” – Sam Ewing

“Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.” – Ralph Marston

“Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.” – David McCullough Jr 

“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.” – Thomas J. Watson

“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.” – Melinda Gates

“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” – Pelé

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

“Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.” – Coco Chanel

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” – Oscar Wilde

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali

“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Picasso

“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker

“Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you’ve changed your mind. Don’t persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.” –  Brian Tracy