Success Quotes
A collection of famous inspirational quotes on success. Reflect on the words in these sayings and quotes to determine what others consider success to be. May these quotes and sayings inspire you in achieving success!and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
Confucius
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business,
and success only a subsequent consideration.
Confucius
As a general rule the most successful man in life is
the man who has the best information.
Benjamin Disraeli
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
Benjamin Disraeli
One secret of success in life is for a man to be
ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Benjamin Disraeli
Through perseverance many people win success out of what
seemed destined to be certain failure.
Benjamin Disraeli
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries
or the size of our automobiles,
rather than by the quality of our service relationship to humanity.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth,
like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship.
I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
George Bernard Shaw
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Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
Elizabeth Taylor
Formula for success: Rise early, work hard, strike oil. John Paul Getty
One fails forward toward success. Charles F. Kettering
No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist. John Paul Getty
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. Norman Vincent Peale
Goals have made a tremendous difference in my life. They have allowed me to achieve success, and to accomplish what I had previously only dreamed of, or wished for. Catherine Pulsifer
Just because you know where you want to end up doesn’t mean you will not be faced with obstacles, or challenges along the way. Instant success rarely happens. Catherine Pulsifer
In everything we do, our own thoughts can help us succeed, or they can help us fail. Maintain a positive attitude. Catherine Pulsifer
Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. Bernard M. Baruch
Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want. Bernard M. Baruch
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dream, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagines, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. Erma Bombeck
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. Dale Carnegie
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. Albert Einstein
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. Dale Carnegie
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. Theodore Roosevelt
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work. Mark Twain
I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
Walt Disney
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
Men are born to succeed, not fail.
Henry David Thoreau
The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.
Mal Pancoast
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than
the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
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