180 Successful Quotes

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Famous Successful Quotes

Success doesn't suck. — Darius Rucker

Failure is success in progress — Albert Einstein

Success... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. — Conrad Hilton

Success always leaves footprints. — Booker T. Washington

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. - Earl Nightingale

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. — Earl Nightingale

Success is the result of hard work. — Thomas A. Edison

Success is always stressful. — Andrew Tate

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. — Conrad Hilton

Opportunities were seized, regrets were had, and success was ultimately achieved. — Cliff Lerner

The successful are those who have been given opportunities. — Malcolm Gladwell

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation — Zig Ziglar

He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much. — Elbert Hubbard

Success in never final; failure is never fatal — Conrad Hilton

Success is the uncommon application of common knowledge — Ivan Misner

Where there is an effort, there is a success. — Thai Proverbs

Short Successful Quotes

  • A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. — David Brinkley
  • Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. — Henry Ford
  • Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
  • If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
  • Happiness and success come from living in the present, not from existing in the past. — Steve Maraboli
  • Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day-in and day-out. — Robert Collier
  • Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill
  • Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. — Bernard Baruch
  • The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. — Thomas A. Edison
  • The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill

Successful Image Quotes

Almond milk + cinnamon crunch = major key to success. - DJ Khaled quote

Almond milk + cinnamon crunch = major key to success. — DJ Khaled

Successful quote The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, he
The planet does not need more "successful people". The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lover of all kinds.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. - Dale Carnegie quote

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. — Dale Carnegie

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice. - Stephen Curry quote

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice. — Stephen Curry

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. - Alexander Graham Bell quote

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. — Alexander Graham Bell

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill quote

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill

Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey success story. - Oprah Winfrey quote

Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey success story.Oprah Winfrey

You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets. - Arnold Schwarzenegger quote

You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Success is born out of faith, an undying passion, and a relentless drive. - Stephen Curry quote

Success is born out of faith, an undying passion, and a relentless drive. — Stephen Curry

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success. - Isaac Newton quote

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success. — Isaac Newton

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results. - Nick Saban quote

There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results. — Nick Saban

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. - Stevie Wonder quote

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder

Success comes after you conquer your biggest obstacles and hurdles. - Stephen Curry quote

Success comes after you conquer your biggest obstacles and hurdles. — Stephen Curry

Success is normally found in a pile of mistakes. - Tim Fargo quote

Success is normally found in a pile of mistakes. — Tim Fargo

If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful! - Charles Barkley quote

If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful! — Charles Barkley

If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself. - Brian Tracy quote

If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself. — Brian Tracy

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. - Serena Williams quote

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. — Serena Williams

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. - Will Rogers quote

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces. — Will Rogers

Success is the best revenge. - Kanye West quote

Success is the best revenge. — Kanye West

It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential. - Hans Asperger quote

It seems that for success in science or art, a dash of autism is essential. — Hans Asperger

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. - Alexander Graham Bell quote

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. — Alexander Graham Bell

Successful quote Success - See your goal; Understand the obstacles; Create a positive mental picture; Clear your mind
Success - See your goal; Understand the obstacles; Create a positive mental picture; Clear your mind of self doubt; Embrace the challenge; Stay on track; Show the world you can do it!

Being Successful Quotes

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. — Albert Schweitzer

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. — Swami Vivekananda

No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you. — Meek Mill

Successful quote Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise
Work hard in silence, let your success be the noise

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller

Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work. — Jim Harbaugh

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed. — Booker T. Washington

Successful quote You have to be odd to be number one.
You have to be odd to be number one.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. — Bill Cosby

If you can be the best, then why not try to be the best? — Garrett Morgan

The secret of spiritual success is a hunger that persists…It is an awful condition to be satisfied with one’s spiritual attainments…God was and is looking for hungry, thirsty people. — Smith Wigglesworth

The most important ingredient of leadership is character. Most of the proficiencies can be learned, but what's inside you is something that's difficult to change. — Jesse Robredo

Successful Person Quotes

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained. — W. E. B. Du Bois

Confidence and Hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person. — Abdul Kalam

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. — Bill Gates

Successful quote Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, but what you do consistently.
Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, but what you do consistently.

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. — Bob Dylan

Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success. — Prince

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Successful quote You have to go whole heartedly in anything in order to achieve anything worth having.
You have to go whole heartedly in anything in order to achieve anything worth having.

Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise. — J. R. D. Tata

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. — Viktor E. Frankl

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. — Mignon McLaughlin

There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. — Jim Lovell

Will Be Successful Quotes

When you stop making excuses and you work hard and go hard you will be very successful. — DJ Khaled

Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize. — George Bernard Shaw

People don't have to believe in you for you to succeed. Just work hard, when you succeed, they will believe. — Stephen Keshi

Successful quote Success is not always what you see.
Success is not always what you see.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. — Dupree Jordan

If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there's no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute will not open right away. But if you do not jump, your parachute will never open. If you're safe, you'll never soar! — Steve Harvey

If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few. The future depends on what we do in the present — Mahatma Gandhi

Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition. — John Smith

Man up and settle down. The sooner a man can gain control, identify his wife, and be faithful to her, the more successful, and happy you will be in life. Being with one woman in a faithful relationship will cause you to be the happiest version of yourself. — Tony Gaskins

Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that beats the hell out of failure. It's being in the middle that scares me. — Robert Downey, Jr.

There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after. — Adoniram Judson

Successful Man Quotes

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. — Lana Turner

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. — George S. Patton

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. — Otto von Bismarck

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife. - Groucho Marx

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife. — Groucho Marx

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. - Albert Einstein

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. — Albert Einstein

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. — Dale Carnegie

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. — Bob Dylan

You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Firaun) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrahim). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty. — Nouman Ali Khan

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face. — Herman Edwards

The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it. — Manfred von Richthofen

Successful Day Quotes

Success doesn't come from pie-in-the-sky thinking. It's the result of consciously doing something each day that will add to your overall excellence. — Nick Saban

People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work. — Alexander Hamilton

Success isn't owned, it's leased. And rent is due every day. - J.J. Watt

Success isn't owned, it's leased. And rent is due every day. — J.J. Watt

I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. — Charles R. Swindoll

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter. — Jay-Z

Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope. — Philippe Petit

It is better to be alone than in bad company. — Unknown Author

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. — Robert Breault

Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream. — Marlon Wayans

Success isn't owned. It's leased and rent is due every day. — J. J. Watt

Becoming Successful Quotes

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. — Sayings

A successful life is expensive; it will cost you something to become a champion. — Mike Murdock

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale

We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are. — John C. Maxwell

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. — John Wooden

I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be. — Albert Einstein

Know your value. Confidence breeds success. Act like the person you want to become, and people will start seeing you as that person. — Mark M. Ford

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. Leadership and AdversityZig Ziglar

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. — Thomas Wolfe

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. — James Allen

Successful Women Quotes

Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. — Nikki Giovanni

Your future is found in your daily routine. Successful people do daily what others do occasionally! — Paula White

Now is the time to understand more, so we fear less. — Marie Curie

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. — Albert Einstein

Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. — Warren Buffett

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. — Madeleine Albright

I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success. — Sarah Emma Edmonds

A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. — Helen Keller

Successful Project Quotes

All progress depends on the unreasonable man. — George Bernard Shaw

If in your mind’s eye you see a successful venture, a deal made, a profit accomplished, it has a superb chance of actually happening. Projecting your mind into a successful situation is the most powerful means to achieve goals. — Estee Lauder

We've climbed in 60 to 75 kilometer an hour wind conditions without ropes, and yes we put in fixed lines when we can because of the safety. But it's all calculated risk and you have to be so flexible in doing this project, and that's why we've been so successful. We always climb with what we have. — Nirmal Purja

Life is a mirror. You get what you see. If you project anger into the mirror, that is what you get back. If you project joy into the mirror, it reflects joy right back to you. Failure for failure. Success for success. What you project is what is reflected back to you. — Robert G. Allen

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Bodybuilding has been the tool that single-handedly taught a little black boy from the projects to use his mind to achieve success. it taught me to see things for what they can be. I had 17-inch arms; I imagined them to be 24 inches. The power of my mind allowed me to achieve what I imagined. — Kai Greene

In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome. — William James

Good planning is the foundation of success for almost any project. Start by getting clear on your goal. — Jude Bijou

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. — Sven-Goran Eriksson

Peel back the facade of rigorous methodology projects and ask why the project was successful, and the answer is people. — Jim Highsmith

Successful Event Quotes

Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up. — John C. Maxwell

Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful. — Jahangir Khan

A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success. — Robert Orben

Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls. — Richard Attias

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. — Napoleon Hill

The history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas. — Pyotr Chaadayev

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events. — Maxwell Maltz

Success for me is not to have all the medals. Success for me is to always do your best and try to develop and get better at every event. — Carolina Kluft

I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. — Groucho Marx

A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible. — Abigail Adams

Successful Work Quotes

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

Live by the creed that a strong work ethic, playing by the rules, and doing things the right way will bring about opportunities for success and, ultimately, happiness. — Nick Saban

Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. — Nora Roberts

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top. — Misty Copeland

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things — Brock Lesnar

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright

Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of problems and objectives. Above all, what is required is hard sustained work and dedication. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

My success symbolizes loyalty, great friends, Dedication, hard work, routine builds character. In a world full of snakes, rats and scavengers — Nas

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. — Henry Ford

Successful Business Quotes

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker

Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. — Walt Disney

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. - Zig Ziglar

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar

Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising. - Milton S. Hershey

Give them quality. That's the best kind of advertising. — Milton S. Hershey

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. — Mark Zuckerberg

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries. - Jim Rohn

Poor people have big TV's. Rich people have big libraries. — Jim Rohn

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. — Steve Jobs

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. — Peter Drucker

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More Successful Quotes

Action is the foundational key to all success. - Pablo Picasso quote

Action is the foundational key to all success. — Pablo Picasso

All rising to great places is by a winding stair. - Buddha quote

All rising to great places is by a winding stair. — Buddha

The best revenge is massive success. - Frank Sinatra quote

The best revenge is massive success. — Frank Sinatra

Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning. - Nicolaus Copernicus quote

Every light has its shadow, and every shadow hath a succeeding morning. — Nicolaus Copernicus

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. - Vince Lombardi quote

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. — Vince Lombardi

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. - Bruce Feirstein quote

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. — Bruce Feirstein

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. - Joyce Brothers quote

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. — Joyce Brothers

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results. - Robin Sharma quote

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results. — Robin Sharma

The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end. - Genghis Khan quote

The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end. — Genghis Khan

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

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

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. - Lou Holtz quote

Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. — Lou Holtz

Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something. - American Indian Proverbs quote

Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something. — American Indian Proverbs

To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success. - Henry Ford quote

To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success. — Henry Ford

Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success. - Roy T. Bennett quote

Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success. — Roy T. Bennett

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. - William Feather quote

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. — William Feather

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise - Oscar Wilde quote

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise — Oscar Wilde

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

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

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