Quotes about success

"Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances."

Marden, Orison Swett on success   

"Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage... true success follows every right step."

Marden, Orison Swett on success   

"Opportunities? They are all around us... There is power lying latent everywhere waiting for the observant eye to discover it."

Marden, Orison Swett on success   

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

Marquis, Don on success   

"Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it."

Marquis, Don on success   

"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 on success   

"Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people."

McEnroe, John on success
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"Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That's dedication."

Mille, Cecil B. De on success   

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

Mizner, Wilson on success   

"Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De on success   

"If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it."

Montgomery, Robert on success   

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

Morley, Christopher on success
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"Success: Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting."

Morley, Christopher on success   

"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 on success   

"Success is like war and like charity in religion, it covers a multitude of sins."

Napier, Sir Charles on success   

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

Nielson, G. K. on success
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"Success has always been a great liar."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on success   

"We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way."

Nightingale, Earl on success
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"We must be the epitome-the embodiment-of success. We must radiate success before it will come to us. We must first become mentally, from an attitude standpoint, the people we wish to become."

Nightingale, Earl on success   

"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal."

Nightingale, Earl on success   

"Success is not the place one arrives, but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey."

Noble, Alex on success
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"It is harder for a poor man to be successful than it is for a rich man."

Nunn, Gregory on success   

"If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone."

Osmond, Donny on success   

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

Patton, George S. on success
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"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors."

Peale, Norman Vincent on success
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"One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks."

Penn, Jack on success
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"If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again."

Peter, Laurence J. on success   

"Success tempts many to their ruin."

Phaedrus on success   

"Success breeds conservatism, and that means a love affair with the status quo and an aversion to change."

Popoff, Frank on success
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"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. on success   

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

Powell, Colin on success
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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 on success   

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

Proverb on success   

"If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure."

Quayle, Dan on success   

"Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success."

Rankin, Diana on success
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"I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more."

Richter, Jean Paul on success   

"The only journey is the one within."

Rilke, Rainer Maria on success
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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 on success
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"My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain -- and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain."

Robbins, Anthony on success   

"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk."

Robbins, Anthony on success