990+ Best Success Quotes

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning. Billie Jean King

A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control. Robert Foster Bennett

But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success. Jesse James Garrett

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt

I always believe that the elders in my family are the reason for my success. R. Madhavan

I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success. Paulo Coelho

I'm a very competitive person, but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be, and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else, then so be it. But I don't go around comparing and contrasting myself with other actors if I can help it. It's also, I think, the key to my success. Wentworth Miller

I've always believed that success for anyone is all about drive, dedication, and desire, but for me, it's also been about confidence and faith. Stephen Curry

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. Denis Waitley

Success is best when it's shared. Howard Schultz

Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge. Patricia Cornwell

The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you. Tony Robbins

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past. Charles J. Givens

True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain. Zig Ziglar

We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success - many pathways to do that. We need to understand better what may be preventing people from using those pathways. Ellen Ochoa


You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear. Greg Boyle

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

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? James Allen

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. Bo Bennett

I think being optimistic is ensuring your success. If you start out saying 'I've got this problem,' or 'I'm angry at that,' you will not succeed. George Takei

I was so ordinary, critics couldn't understand it, but looking back, that was the reason for my success. What you see is what you get. People thought, 'I could do that.' Cilla Black

It's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's metric for success. It's not, and nor should it be. Richard Branson

Mothers have always held such symbolic weight in determining a person's worth. Your mother tongue, your motherland, your mother's values - these things can qualify or disqualify you from attaining myriad American dreams: love, fluency, citizenship, legitimacy, acceptance, success, freedom. Jenny Zhang

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. Arthur Ashe

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. Bill Gates

Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. Soichiro Honda

The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Walter Chrysler

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! Andrew Carnegie

To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. Edward de Bono

Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop. Richard Branson

Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history. Michael Specter

You can't forget that organizational success flows from the hearts and minds of the men and women you lead. Rather than treating your people as you'd like to be treated, treat them as they would like to be treated. Small gestures like opting for face-to-face meetings or sending personal notes can have an enormous impact on teams and their morale. Marillyn Hewson

As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success. Barry Ritholtz

Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away. Ben Carson

I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success. Tim Cook

I never focus on success; I only focus on listening to my online community and being consistent. Rosanna Pansino

Indomitable perseverance in a business, properly understood, always ensures ultimate success. Cyrus McCormick

It's important to understand how Coinbase thinks about regulation and compliance in the digital currency space. As an exchange, we view compliance as key to digital currency's success. Brian Armstrong

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. Roger Staubach

Success has always been a great liar. Friedrich Nietzsche

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. Arnold H. Glasow

The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan. Alan Price

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America? Fidel Castro

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. Benjamin Disraeli

To me, success is choice and opportunity. Harrison Ford

Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success. Zig Ziglar

With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!' David Schwimmer

An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success. Stephen Covey

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. Walter Bagehot

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something. Morihei Ueshiba

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling. Jon Bon Jovi

I'm always asked, 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room. Dwayne Johnson

I'm terrible at posting regularly; I don't deserve the blog success! Ashley Madekwe

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success. William J. H. Boetcker

Success comes to those who dedicate everything to their passion in life. To be successful, it is also very important to be humble and never let fame or money travel to your head. A. R. Rahman

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows. Ambrose Bierce

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure. B. C. Forbes

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

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. Larry King

To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success. Anna Pavlova

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful. Paul Sweeney

We are looking for a set of personal characteristics that predict success, the first and foremost of which is perseverance in the face of challenges. We also look for the ability to influence and motivate others who share your values, strong problem-solving ability, and leadership. Wendy Kopp

When you win, nothing hurts. Joe Namath

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain


Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success. Julie Benz

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison. Theodore Roosevelt

Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success. Rick Pitino

I feel like, in some level, in our biggest moments of success we were always the underdog. Isaac Hanson

I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship and a graduate degree and a good job - all the stepping stones to conventional success. Susan Choi

Much effort, much prosperity. Euripides

My mother and my father have been married 50 years, and he's just started to understand that something's wrong with the system. He accepted the whole thing, you see. Yet this industrious kind of engagement didn't bring him the success, according to American terms, that he wanted. I was probably affected by this very much. In fact, I know I was. Huey Newton

Sometimes, because of my success, I am afraid that I was not a good father. With the first two I was too strong, and with the other three I was too weak. Roberto Cavalli

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own. Michelle Obama

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. Sam Walton

There are people who can achieve huge success in life, while adding a bit of fun and a splash of colour to this increasingly grey world. Peter James

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. Napoleon Hill

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart. Thomas J. Watson

True leaders don't invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. Why? Because success without a successor is failure. So your legacy should not be in buildings, programs, or projects; your legacy must be in people. Myles Munroe

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. John F. Kennedy

When I meet with the founders of a new company, my advice is almost always, 'Do fewer things.' It's true of partnerships, marketing opportunities, anything that's taking up your time. The vast majority of things are distractions, and very few really matter to your success. Evan Williams

A variety of national and international studies indicate that the broad-based deployment of information technology can have a substantial impact on our nation's economic productivity and growth as well as the educational and social success of our citizens. Tim Holden

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. Solomon Ortiz

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. Nikola Tesla

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. Queen Elizabeth II

I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday. S. Truett Cathy

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success. Malcolm X

It's not enough that I should succeed - others should fail. David Merrick

Science ignores the spiritual realm because it is not amenable to scientific analysis. As importantly, the predictive success of Newtonian theory, emphasizing the primacy of a physical Universe, made the existence of spirit and God an extraneous hypothesis that offered no explanatory principles needed by science. Bruce Lipton

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill

The first thing successful people do is view failure as a positive signal to success. Brendon Burchard

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it. Ray Kroc

Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not. Jason Calacanis

Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve. Hernan Cortes

To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I think it's the most important thing. Whether you have success or don't have it, whether you're a good person is all that matters. Brenda Song

Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine. Chris Hadfield

What we did ten years ago with the Playstation was a phenomenal success story for the company. That product had a ten year life cycle, which has never been done in this industry. Ian Jackson

A key to achieving success is to assemble a strong and stable management team. Vivek Wadhwa

Diversity is essential to the success of the news industry, and journalists must include diverse voices in their coverage in order to reach a broader audience. We have stories to tell, but many in our audience have stopped listening because they can tell that we're not talking about them. Gwen Ifill

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. Henry Kissinger

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success. Wilbur Wright


I have only one understanding of development and of making success, and that's by going step by step. Jurgen Klopp

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. Henry Ford

I'm an addict, I'm addicted to success. Thankfully, there's no rehab for success. Lil Wayne

It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success. R. L. Stine

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I'm going to complete every pass. Ron Jaworski

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same. Audrey Hepburn

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. W. Somerset Maugham

The success of the suffrage movement would injure women spiritually and intellectually, for they would be assuming a burden though they knew themselves unable to bear it. It is the sediment, not the wave, of a sex. It is the antithesis of that highest and sweetest mystery - conviction by submission, and conquest by sacrifice. John Boyle O'Reilly

Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person. John Forbes Nash, Jr.

To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Truman is now seen as a near-great president because he put in place the containment doctrine boosted by the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and NATO, which historians now see as having been at the center of American success in the cold war. Robert Dallek

We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success. River Phoenix

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. Henry David Thoreau

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success. Paul J. Meyer

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product. Ed McMahon

Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too. Jimmy Buffett

I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success. Og Mandino

I'm a forgiver. I might not forget, but I forgive. My mother, father and older brother always told me: 'Don't hold grudges. If you do that, you don't lower yourself down to your adversary. Just treat people the way you want to be treated.' I honestly think that's why I was able to survive and have some success. Monte Irvin

Lacking the direct test of success or failure, the voter tends to turn, not to those politicians whose measures have the best chance of success, but to those with the ability to 'sell' their propaganda. Without grasping logical chains of deduction, the average voter will never be able to discover the error that the ruler makes. Murray Rothbard

My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics. Lee Atwater

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects. Ian Ziering

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take. Christopher Reeve

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust. Denise Morrison

This weird thing happens when you're in a movie that has some level of success. People start offering you all kinds of things, and they just expect you to do them because they'll be good for your career. It's not about the project's integrity or anything like that. Kristen Stewart

To burn always with this hard, gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life. Walter Pater

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well. Bill Owens

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success. Henry Rollins

Your own business growth and success depends on many things, and along that growing path, you are going to have to concede certain responsibilities and activities - whether for your accounting, your production, or day-to-day management. Michael E. Gerber

Bottom line, I removed myself from the victim mentality and took control of my life. I'm not just going to take responsibility for the success in my life - I'm going to take responsibility for the failures in my life. When you're willing to accept that you're the problem, you immediately become the solution. Eric D. Thomas

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. Walter Scott

Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension. Edmund Hillary

I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus. Ryan Tedder

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well. Johann Sebastian Bach

It's not just about achieving success; the journey is equally important for me. Yami Gautam

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process. Roger von Oech

Only by acknowledging the success and sacrifice made by those who came before us can we fully understand what we must do to ensure the liberty of those who will succeed us. Yvette Clarke

Success is all about persistence and doing the right thing for the long term. Bruce Rauner

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears. Susana Martinez

The secret of my success is my hairspray. Richard Gere

Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. David Joseph Schwartz


To be prepared is half the victory. Miguel de Cervantes

Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are. Richard Branson

Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments. David Cohen

You know, you want to be a success. You want people to know who you are. Elizabeth Hurley

Be careful of success; it has a dark side. Robert Redford

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe. Norman Vincent Peale

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. George Burns

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now. Amy Chua

It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. Havelock Ellis

It's hard to win in the NFL. You have to maintain a very delicate balance putting together the right team to be able to win and have any amount of success. Barry Sanders

On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. Martin Van Buren

Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example. Robert Baden-Powell

Success means your options multiply. Size increases complexity, and complexity can confuse vision. Andy Stanley

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

'Three Kingdoms' gives you a panoply of different routes; everyone can find their own path. It shows that sometimes the route to fulfilment or success is not the obvious one. You must take twists and turns to achieve a goal. Ma Jian

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. Bessie Anderson Stanley

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

We believe that the business system only is the key to success. It's no miracle, only day-to-day work in the appropriate way. Alexei Mordashov

You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success - none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here. Ram Dass

As a culture or a civilisation, we are a bit juvenile; it's like 'Oh, I have all this power, whoa, this is so cool, I can transform the earth and I can produce all this wealth. But we're blinded by our success in a naive way. There's more to life, actually, and I think the sustainability issue is also helpful in reminding us about that. Tino Sehgal

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better. John Carmack

I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing. Charlie Trotter

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

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. Alfred North Whitehead

Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good. Victoria Principal

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. Sylvester Stallone

The most successful detectives owe their success to noticing small signs. Scouts are natural detectives and never let the smallest detail escape them. These small things are called by Scouts 'Sign.' Robert Baden-Powell

Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place. William C. Bryant

America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. Sigmund Freud

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others. Jules Renard

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. Alan Greenspan

I'm not going to get somewhere and say, 'OK, I'm done.' Success is never final; I'll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I'm going to the stars and then past them. Conor McGregor

My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed. Mark Warner

Success can breed all kinds of other behavior and cause companies to behave a certain way that isn't necessarily the ingredients for achieving more success. For instance, with success comes arrogance, and that's typically the death of success. Bob Iger

Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks, and courage. Charles Luckman

The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. No matter how hard it seems, the longer you persist, the more likely your success. Jack Canfield

There is no substitute for victory. Douglas MacArthur

When you are in a growth company, you have to really open people's eyes to the bigger possibilities so they think differently. Once they understand how to define success and what their role is in success, they make better decisions, and you can push decision-making down. Dan Rosensweig

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war. Kenneth Clark

Every day, every one of us sets the stage for our sentiment, our confidence, and our success by getting dressed. When you feel great, when you feel your best, it opens up a world of possibility. Feeling confident and self-assured are important inputs into good days, successful days, and happy days. Katrina Lake

I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve success. Dominique Moceanu

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller

My father had to flee from what is today Pakistan when he was a child, and he became a manager at IBM, and any item of consumption he would acquire was a direct measurement of his success in life. But that same equation wasn't going to work for me - I was quite clear about that in my early teens. Tino Sehgal


Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. Lily Tomlin

Success is nothing if you don't have the right people to share it with; you're just gonna end up lonely. Selena Gomez

The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success. Wendy Kopp

There are essential elements for our public schools to fully develop the potential of both students and educators. They should be centers of community, where students, families and educators work together to support student success. They should foster collaboration. Randi Weingarten

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful. Francois Truffaut

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

I define success as being comfortable with yourself and your life. And that is about as good as it gets, really. Treat Williams

If you are born into poverty, the chances are good that your children will be born into poverty. Find a way to give poor kids the same cognitive stimulus that rich kids receive, and they should end up with the same tools for success. George Kaiser

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. Nelson Mandela

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead. Betsey Johnson

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. Shah Rukh Khan

The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek out appropriate therapies for such illnesses as schizophrenia and bipolar disease. James D. Watson

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. Salvador Dali

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. Margaret Thatcher

A government for the people must depend for its success on the inspirational, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves. Grover Cleveland

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie

I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate. George Burns

Liverpool is a club with a big, big, big history, and all the clubs in the world have a big history if the present is not too successful. If you have never had success, then nobody knows how it is, but in Liverpool, everybody knows how it was. Jurgen Klopp

Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory. Jocko Willink

Success is like a high-rise building I'm on the first floor. There are a lot of people in the basement or the parking lot but I was lucky enough to have made it to the first floor and I'm looking to make it to the penthouse. Justin Guarini

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. Samuel Smiles

The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually. Walter Ulbricht

We find personal success and great, if not enduring, influence on the outer fashioning of the world allotted to the violent, the passionate individual who, unchaining the elemental principles of human impulse under favoring circumstances, points out to greed and self-indulgence the speedy pathways to their satisfaction. Richard Wagner

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

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

I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success. Alex Spanos

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. Mark Twain

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands. Zig Ziglar

Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to find ways of expressing it, but you may not be a success in the world's terms. Eric Idle

The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better. Tony Dungy

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.' Florence Scovel Shinn

Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

God gave me a second chance. I am so very glad with what is going on with my career, but I want to be a success in my relationship with my children. El DeBarge

I think journaling is a key to success. You can set clear goals for yourself. You can start noticing repetitive behavior patterns and see the type of things that keep bothering you, and then you can have a bird's eye view of it. Eric Andre

One of the main focuses of my training sessions is to help individuals find their unique voices in the learning process. We all have our strengths, our weaknesses, our styles of learning, our personalities. Developing introspective sensitivity to these issues is critical to long-term success. Joshua Waitzkin

Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end. Usher

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice. Barbra Streisand

The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream. Tommy Hilfiger

You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading. Johnny Depp

At the end of the day, both men and women who become CEOs have showed tenacity and hard work to succeed in their careers. It takes not just skills but also extreme dedication and commitment. And regardless of gender, CEOs are measured by the same criteria - the growth and success of the business. Susan Wojcicki

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. Jim Rohn

I really believe if you give people a product that couples entertainment with a little bit of education, a soft glove and sense of humor - especially about a subject people have begun to feel very frustrated about, which is the legal system - then you have a formula for success. Judy Sheindlin


It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. Elinor Smith

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety. Aeschylus

Success in crime always invites to worse deeds. Edward Coke

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. Mike Ditka

The only thing I'm addicted to is winning. This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success rate. My success rate is 100 percent. Charlie Sheen

Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard. Shah Rukh Khan

Anybody who succeeds is helping people. The secret to success is find a need and fill it; find a hurt and heal it; find a problem and solve it. Robert H. Schuller

Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. Paula Creamer

I learned a lot from not having success, and realizing when you do have success, how hard it is to maintain it, and what you have to do to maintain it. Randy Johnson

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. Malcolm X

No matter who we are or where we live, we all share a basic concern for the safety and well-being of our young people. Their welfare is the most telling measure of our nation's success - and their potential is the most promising element of its future. It is up to us - all of us - to safeguard that future. Loretta Lynch

Success demands singleness of purpose. Vince Lombardi

Success is the sum of details. Harvey S. Firestone

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

There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used to read that in business journals. But that's not what Darwinian means to a biologist; it's whatever leads to reproductive success. Steven Pinker

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed. Steven Spielberg

Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. William Eardley IV

Excess is success. Roberto Cavalli

I grew up in the once segregated South. I experienced forced integration during my formative school years. I lived the sacrifices, burdens, and tears. I also lived the moments of understanding, of acknowledgment, of fellowship and success. I saw my parents and grandparents coming home beaten down - and some of my friends beaten up. Donna Brazile

I'm an eternal realist and the success rate for being an actor is pretty low. Tom Hiddleston

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

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep. Walter Scott

Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. Earl Wilson

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top. Napoleon Hill

There is little success where there is little laughter. Andrew Carnegie

When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust. Stephen Covey

Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso

Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent. Nolan Ryan

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby

If you want success, be unique. Natalie Massenet

My dad would always say, 'Girl, you've been given gifts. Use them.' And what he meant by that was, 'Don't just be successful. Don't just use your talents for your own success. But make a difference with them. Do something significant.' And when I put those two things together, it just causes me to not accept the status quo. Beth Brooke

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. John D. Rockefeller

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

The grass is always greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's AstroTurf. Symbols are never reality. Someone might have amassed material success and fame, but that doesn't mean they're happy. So, don't go judging a person's life by the cover. Karen Salmansohn

The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success. Denis Waitley

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

A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be? Richard Branson

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. David Frost

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? Jean Cocteau

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own. Henry Ford


Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost. Steve Jobs

Prospering just doesn't have to do with money. Joel Osteen

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts. John Wooden

The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day. Jeremy Luke

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line. Richard Branson

Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. George Edward Woodberry

How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood. Harold Ramis

I would like to do my own daily talk show. Wisdom is the gift of ageing; no young person can have or buy it. My success was and is self-evident. I'm alive. I've lived. I've thrived and have grown as a person. I'm now healthier than ever. Who can argue with that? Suzanne Somers

Life is bigger than cinema. Cinema is just a part of life, so I never take success or failure seriously. Pawan Kalyan

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top. Margaret Thatcher

Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money. Johnny Cash

The ambition and focus that propel you to success can also be your downfall. Judy Smith

The success combination in business is: Do what you do better... and: do more of what you do. David Joseph Schwartz

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success. Matthew McConaughey

By seizing the opportunities that disruption presents and leveraging hard times into greater success through outworking/outinnovating/outthinking and outworking everyone around you, this just might be the richest time of your life so far. Robin S. Sharma

Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. Viktor E. Frankl

I tried out various experiments described in treatises on physics and chemistry, and the results were sometimes unexpected. At times, I would be encouraged by a little unhoped-for success; at others, I would be in the deepest despair because of accidents and failures resulting from my inexperience. Marie Curie

I've been blessed to be somebody that's been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it's all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I'm saying, and it feels good 'cause it's good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible. DJ Khaled

Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but in Africa. Marcus Garvey

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching. Tennessee Williams

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels. Shari Arison

The secret of success is sincerity. Jean Giraudoux

You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don't make moves and when you don't climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you're not competition. Nicki Minaj

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. Henry Ford

Fun opens the doors to creativity, which then leads to inspiration, which then births passion, which all together equals both happiness and success! Rachele Brooke Smith

I think it is going to be very difficult to be a company in silos. I think the game has changed. We won't define our success by looking at the competitors but at how satisfied are our customers, how engaged are our internal stakeholders, and how good is our product pipeline. Michael Dell

It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples. Marcus Buckingham

One man cannot practice many arts with success. Plato

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral. Rosalind Russell

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

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. Colin R. Davis

You can't go into business thinking that success will come to you in just one or two years. Do Won Chang

As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what? Charlie Sheen

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. Gilbert K. Chesterton

Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct - a gift of knowing without reasoning... Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence - it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success that breeds more success. Angela Ahrendts

Nothing recedes like success. Walter Winchell

Success has nothing to do with box office as far as I'm concerned. Success has to do with achieving your goals, your internal goals, and growing as a person. It would have been nice to have been connected with a couple more box office hits, but in the long run, I don't think it makes you happier. Alan Arkin

Success isn't about being the biggest. It's about letting the right size find you. Jason Fried

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people. Don Shula

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success. Bryant H. McGill

An exit is only a success if you set an exit as your primary goal. My primary goal was to build a globally influential tool, to build something from the ground up that could literally change how we communicated in business and individually. Ryan Holmes

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. C. S. Lewis

I'm trying to set a good example. I don't need to take a high salary, which would impede the success of Morningstar. Joe Mansueto

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes. Alfred Adler

Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law. Pierre de Coubertin

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

The measure of success is happiness and peace of mind. Bobby Davro

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion. Barack Obama

When you're an entertainer, it's hard not to compare yourself with the next person's success. But you have to trust your own journey and your strengths and believe in yourself. I think that's the best place to start. Kat Graham

Allowing a handful of broadband carriers to determine what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the features that have made the Internet such a success, and could permanently compromise the Internet as a platform for the free exchange of information, commerce, and ideas. Vint Cerf

Everyone has to try to give back as much as possible because I think in all sports it helps kids to have role models or people to look up to. Someone like Jess Ennis, I know a lot of young girls have started to get into athletics stuff because of her, because of her success. Andy Murray


I feel that gender balance in the work environment is actually the best recipe for success. Anne Wojcicki

My mother was asked to be a model when she was younger, but my father had not let her, so she was quite keen on me becoming a model. I just went off without telling my dad. I took off to Paris and never came back, but when I became a success and started making money, he was very proud of me. Jerry Hall

Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. Eric Ries

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

The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical. Julius Erving

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

When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion. Mason Cooley

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. Tommy Lasorda

Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen

I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years. Aubrey McClendon

If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were unable to attract a critical mass of talent, or they just ran out of money. The finish line is usually a lot further away than you think. Elon Musk

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success. Virat Kohli

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal. Don Shula

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication. Harold S. Geneen

The United States is a concept that works very well, even in bad times. But that's no reason to think its structure can be superimposed with success on any other part of the world, particularly when times are terrible. Paul Johnson

What works for men does not always work for women, because success and likability are positively correlated for men and negatively correlated for women. That's what the research shows. As a man gets more successful, everyone is rooting for him. As a woman gets more successful, both men and women like her less. Sheryl Sandberg

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. Elbert Hubbard

Divorce is never a pleasant experience. You look upon it as a failure. But I learned to be a different person once we broke up. Sometimes you learn more from failure than you do from success. Michael Crawford

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If I have learned anything, it is to keep my wife happy by sending her lavish gifts. Other men can learn from my success and send their wives and girlfriends fresh flowers for birthdays, anniversaries, and of course, Valentine's Day. Don Rickles

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Stephen Covey

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it. Elbert Hubbard

Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. Mike Ditka

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young. F. Scott Fitzgerald

The success stories in biotechnology are mainly due to the straightforward application of design thinking in both the business and science aspects of our lean startups. Ryan Bethencourt

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. Arianna Huffington

Companies are communities. There's a spirit of working together. Communities are not a place where a few people allow themselves to be singled out as solely responsible for success. Henry Mintzberg

Honeymoons are great, but they don't last. And I think the same is true with success on the screen - today, I am all over the place; tomorrow, I may be gone - I may have to make room for someone else. So why make a big song and dance about it all? Ajith Kumar

I wish for a world where success is measured not by what we take nor by what we get. Just by what we give. And who we become. Robin S. Sharma

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. William Pollard

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Napoleon Hill

Success is fine, but success is fleeting. Significance is lasting. Beth Brooke

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. Robert Louis Stevenson

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener. Kelly Wearstler

Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success. Shiv Khera

Broadband companies can have great success offering access to the unfettered Internet. Marvin Ammori

Goodwill and reputation are intangibles, but they are the keys to business success. Since they are also inexorably linked to social values, it follows that a change in social norms will have a significant impact on profits. Noreena Hertz

I think the success around any product is really about subtle insights. You need a great product and a bigger vision to execute against, but it's really those small things that make the big difference. Chad Hurley

It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people. Carrot Top

Only stupid people are changed by success. Jurgen Klopp

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning. Denis Waitley

Successful people breed success. Phil Crosby

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up. Wilma Mankiller

You lead with direction, and you try to lead by example. I try to be there when things are not good and obviously share the spoils of success. Roger Penske

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning 'bit' always switched on. Satya Nadella

Four years of football are calculated to breed in the average man more of the ingredients of success in life than almost any academic course he takes. Knute Rockne


I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite. Vincent Gallo

It is the hopeful, buoyant, cheerful attitude of mind that wins. Optimism is a success builder; pessimism an achievement killer. Orison Swett Marden

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures. Vince Lombardi

Success is a great deodorant. Elizabeth Taylor

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. William James

The Patriot Act is essential to our continued success in the war on terror here at home. Mike Pence

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'll find success - on the far side of failure. Thomas J. Watson

As an actor, you can believe that you are the reason for a show's success, but these things are a brand name now. They're like Coca-Cola. It's like, with or without you, people are still gonna drink it. Rocky Carroll

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy. Jonathan Sacks

I love seeing my husband having success. Heather Dubrow

In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success. Isoroku Yamamoto

No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex. Susan B. Anthony

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling. Naveen Jain

Success is very intoxicating. It is very difficult to handle all the fame and adulation. It corrupts you. You start to believe that everybody around you is in awe of you, that everybody wants you, and that everybody is thinking of you all the time. Ajith Kumar

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. Alexander Graham Bell

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. Vince Lombardi

Americans enjoy the exciting, cinematic vision of a squad of muscle-bound Goliath boasting Olympian speed, strength, and precision - a group whose collective success is the inevitable consequence of the individual strengths of its members and the masterful planning of a visionary commander. Stanley A. McChrystal

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. Herbert Kaufman

I have had all of the disadvantages required for success. Larry Ellison

I'm sorry, but I am not interested in getting cheap popularity. I've earned my success through sincere hard work. And that's the only success I want. Yo Yo Honey Singh

Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined. Johnny Carson

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

Success is the best revenge. I always feel women should answer back either with their sarcasm or success. Kangana Ranaut

The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most. Ann Landers

There is no success without hardship. Sophocles

When you fail, things get real. In fact, they get real real. If your success was a high profile success, then your failure will be a high profile failure. Opportunities and 'friendships' will evaporate. Failure shines a bright light on all relationships. The ones that last are pure and true, which is a true gift. Julie Wainwright

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. Herodotus

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success. Napoleon Hill

I don't think success arrives and you're suddenly happy. It's not like that. If people think that they'll be very disappointed. Michael Hutchence

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. Napoleon Bonaparte

My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in action. My father was a great success even though he never had money. He was a very determined man, a great role model. Arlen Specter

Sometimes success means having the right idea in the right place at the right time. Other times, it's about not being afraid to quit and move onto something new. John Rampton

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. Jim Rohn

The importance of this success of Wipro has become manifold more, because it's the success of Wipro that enables the possibility of making a difference to some of the most disadvantaged people in the world. Azim Premji

There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams. Barack Obama

When I first started doing sketch comedy, I promised myself that if I were ever to have any success in this business, I wouldn't hold back. Why get there and play it safe? Will Ferrell

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley

I did voice work for many years before I started having success as an actress. It was mostly radio and television voiceover work, but I know my way around the studio. I know how to use the cappuccino machines and the headphones. Jane Lynch

If you create incredible value and information for others that can change their lives - and you always stay focused on that service - the financial success will follow. Brendon Burchard

More than half of people who leave their jobs do so because of their relationship with their boss. Smart companies make certain their managers know how to balance being professional with being human. These are the bosses who celebrate an employee's success, empathize with those going through hard times, and challenge people, even when it hurts. Travis Bradberry

Real success is not, like, materialistic. It's being where you want to be when you want to be; just living your life how you feel; having an ultimate goal and being able to accomplish it. Lindsey Wixson

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence. Patrick Lencioni

The feminist movement is not about success for women. It is about treating women as victims and about telling women that you can't succeed because society is unfair to you, and I think that's a very unfortunate idea to put in the minds of young women because I believe women can do whatever they want. Phyllis Schlafly

The thing I always say to people is this: 'If you avoid failure, you also avoid success.' Robert Kiyosaki

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins. Gene Fowler


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

Didn't Lionel Richie just make a country album? No one is giving him a hard time... and God bless him - I love Lionel and should be able to do what he wants to do, like Madonna should, too. Both are having success and I applaud them. If you don't like it, don't buy it. The ageism criticism is getting old. Guy Oseary

I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one. Kevin O'Leary

Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement. Mo Farah

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. Ben Stein

Success is like a lightning bolt. It'll strike you when you least expect it, and you just have to keep the momentum going. You have to strike when the iron is hot. So for me, I just kept striking and striking to polish out the sword that I was making. Michelle Phan

The best revenge is massive success. Frank Sinatra

The success of monetary policy should be judged by the economy's performance against our statutory mandates of price stability and maximum employment. Jerome Powell

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success. Dwayne Johnson

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity. Zig Ziglar

Journalists constantly ask Metallica if the success of their new album means they've had 'the call' to record a Zeppelin cover album yet. Antony Johnston

Passion for what you do is essential to success in any profession. That passion naturally keeps you interested and aware of everything that is going on around you, anything affecting your craft. Daniel Humm

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Jim Rohn

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success. Mark Skousen

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. George Bernard Shaw

Young people need the hands-on training that comes with a summer job. They need to know how to dress for success and nail job interviews. But most of all, they need mentorship, guidance, and inspiration. Hilda Solis

Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind. Rafe Spall

God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family. Joel Osteen

I think success is very hard work, so, you know, if you work hard and you have some success, you have to give up something. Irina Shayk

One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like. Sting

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

Success to me is only two things: happiness and stability. Kehlani

The road to success runs uphill. Willie Davis

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

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents. Jane D. Hull

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. J. Paul Getty

I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life. Constance Baker Motley

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. Samuel Smiles

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Og Mandino

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character. Arnold Palmer

Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards. Brad Thor

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other. H. G. Wells

You achieve long-term success step by step. Try to achieve your goals one at a time, like you do target practice. Daniel Snyder

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success. Erwin Rommel

Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and, especially, in investing. Robert Kiyosaki

I learned from my first restaurant: Make customers happy, make sure the customer comes back again. And automatically, success has followed me. Nobu Matsuhisa

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted. Patricia Cornwell

'No one can make you successful; the will to success comes from within.' I've made this my motto. I've internalized it to the point of understanding that the success of my actions and/or endeavors doesn't depend on anyone else, and that includes a possible failure. Fabrizio Moreira

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. Confucius

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. Gustave Flaubert

There's a roots nature to Appalachia - the origins of folk and bluegrass. I know guys there who are some of the best players I've ever heard but are playing on their porch tonight because they've never chased success. There's simplicity to how they live and what they care about. Eric Church

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude. Michelle Obama

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. Bill Bradley

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. Charles Buxton

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts. Michael Buble

I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success; I hope I have touched the lives of some wonderful people, all by being what I see as myself but some others people see as different. Johnny Weir

My success has been something I've worked a long time at and it's been a gradual process. I compare it to the idea of someone losing a lot of weight over a period of a few years. You don't really notice the weight loss overall but if you compare photos from then and now there's a big difference. Ray William Johnson


Success and failure are both part of life. Both are not permanent. Shah Rukh Khan

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals. Jim Rohn

The lesson is, because there will be many lemons in life, to learn to make the proverbial lemonade - and be open and honest. That's the best way of doing damage control and positioning yourself for success. Vivek Wadhwa

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. Carl Lewis

When people have success, one of two things happen. They either get really satisfied and want to keep thinking about it and talking about what they did, or the success becomes a little addictive, and it makes them want to keep having more. Nick Saban

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success. Keith Henson

Entrepreneurs can't forecast accurately, because they are trying something fundamentally new. So they will often be laughably behind plan - and on the brink of success. Eric Ries

I don't like accidental success. It's what Bill Gates calls 'random,' a term he uses with the opposite of respect. Masayoshi Son

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed. Juliana Hatfield

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. Tony Robbins

Socialism has no moral justification whatsoever; poor people are not morally superior to rich people, nor are they owed anything by rich people simply because of their lack of success. Charity is not a socialist concept - it is a religious one, an acknowledgment of God's sovereignty over property, a sovereignty the Left utterly rejects. Ben Shapiro

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you'll be successful. Tyga

The great thing in life is efficiency. If you amount to anything in the world, your time is valuable, your energy precious. They are your success capital, and you cannot afford to heedlessly throw them away or trifle with them. Orison Swett Marden

The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you. Bette Midler

What's really cool about our family is that we don't hold grudges, and I think that is what's been the key to the success. We get into our little disagreements, and whether we're right or wrong, we'll go and apologize. That's just the way we are. Selena

A person has to remember that the road to success is always under construction. You have to get that through your head. That it is not easy becoming successful. Steve Harvey

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other. Erma Bombeck

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through. Eddie Rickenbacker

If there's any success that I've had, it is a direct reflection of the people I work with. We have a very smart team and an extremely hardworking team, both here in Washington and back in Illinois. Cheri Bustos

Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people's failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own. Mohnish Pabrai

Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come. Frances Beinecke

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. Pele

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi

The teachers were focused on helping these students. The students benefited from hands-on teaching and a faculty who cared about them and their success in life and soon the students began to believe in themselves and the reality that they could make something of their lives. Michael N. Castle

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure. Whoopi Goldberg

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. W. Clement Stone

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Stephen Hawking

I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you. C. V. Raman

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again. W. Clement Stone

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail. Bob Newhart

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. George S. Patton

The American Dream has always focused on building a better life for yourself and your family, striving for success, and even fleeing from religious prosecution. Marc Veasey

The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams. Arnold Schwarzenegger

We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve. John B. S. Haldane

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? Jeff Rich

Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning. Mikhail Lermontov

I try to be professional; I try to be on time. I don't take anything I have for granted. That's my definition of success. Selena Gomez

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it. Mitt Romney

Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed. Jaclyn Smith

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

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore. Cyril Connolly

You want success, and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention. Shirley Bassey

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do. Napoleon Hill

Future peace, prosperity and confidence depend not just on ourselves but on the success of all nations. Hence, we are all partners, no matter what our backgrounds, cultures, faiths and histories. Hassanal Bolkiah

I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it. K'naan

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success. Amy Tan

One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself. James E. Casey

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. Oscar Wilde

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

The road to success has to have obstacles because, at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

You don't base records on success; you base it on creativity. Nikki Sixx

As long as you have discipline, you can be a success. Discipline is what makes you do everything you need to do. Anthony Joshua


I passed my classes because I displayed effort, not because I learned math. But how can we help young people understand life rarely gives partial credit for effort, especially if that effort doesn't lead to understanding or success? Gina Barreca

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack. Sun Tzu

Nothing succeeds like success. Alexandre Dumas

Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. Danny Thomas

Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. Vera Wang

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling. Jim Harrison

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. Martha Stewart

An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can't easily recognize that they are the same. Daniel Kahneman

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first. Andrea Bocelli

Imagination! Imagination! I put it first years ago, when I was asked what qualities I thought necessary for success on the stage. Ellen Terry

No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none. Henry Kissinger

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built. Fernando Pessoa

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. Paul J. Meyer

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year. John Foster Dulles

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success. Heather Bresch

When you're working hard and doing all you can to achieve your goals, anything that can give you an edge is powerful and will streamline your path to success. Travis Bradberry

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Bruce Lee

Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work. Sam Altman

I feel true success comes from being able to work and the love for it. Kiana Tom

My mum was a wonderful mother. She died, aged 80, of Alzheimer's disease, which was dreadful to watch. I remember she said to me: 'Believe in yourself because no one else is going to do it for you.' I'm sure a lot of my success is due to her words of advice. Bonnie Tyler

Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success. Tom Harkin

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. John Wooden

The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability. Simon Mainwaring

There are so many women who contributed in a very real way in pushing for the space program during the time in which there was a lot of competition to get into space first, and to know that there were African-American women who were integral in that success is pretty phenomenal. Mahershala Ali

When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very good looking, who suddenly made a bit of money and who felt no embarrassment - and nor should they have done - about having a good time. David Nicholls

Above all, Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' is the work of an artist at the peak of his powers. India is his palette, and Mumbai - that teeming 'maximum city', with 19 million strivers on the make, jostling, scheming, struggling and killing for success - is his brush. Shashi Tharoor

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. Edsger Dijkstra

I don't believe in the transformation myth, where if you have more success, life changes for you. Ben Mendelsohn

If you look at the movies that come out, most of them are bad, so it's not as if achieving some level of success means you get offered better roles, because frankly they don't seem to exist. Jesse Eisenberg

Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story you're writing. But the real key to success lies in finding the right characters to carry that story. Joan Lingard

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick. P. T. Barnum

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. William Osler

Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes. Akon

A lot of people don't understand what feminism is. They think it is about advance and success for women, but it's not that at all. It is about power for the female left. And they have this, I think, ridiculous idea that American women are oppressed by the patriarchy and we need laws and government to solve our problems for us. Phyllis Schlafly

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success. Tom Petty

I am very hopeful that my personal success in Qatar will ignite others, especially those in the so-called non-traditional sports, to try even harder because now they can see for themselves that significant achievements can be attained. But let me stress that it takes a lot of work - in fact, very hard work - mixed with very heavy doses of patience. Alia Atkinson

If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment. Sonia Sotomayor

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. David Attenborough

Private dreams are the most powerful. You have to dream of success to make it happen, and if you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. But that doesn't mean you have to go around telling everyone about it. Tony McCoy

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. An Wang

The cost of our success is the exhaustion of natural resources, leading to energy crises, climate change, pollution, and the destruction of our habitat. If you exhaust natural resources, there will be nothing left for your children. If we continue in the same direction, humankind is headed for some frightful ordeals, if not extinction. Christian de Duve

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

We reached a high point in my opinion with the passage of the civil rights legislation and Martin Luther King's success and the crusade of others. I think we kind of breathed a sigh of relief as if we had achieved the end of racial discrimination or white supremacy. Jimmy Carter

Competition gives birth to a lot of success, and if no one ever challenged you, you wouldn't go anywhere. It makes sense to compete with others for a promotion at work. But so many women take it a step further and won't even support other women. They end up competing over things that don't make sense - like how we look. Lilly Singh

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. Vaclav Havel

I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple. Sheryl Sandberg

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy

People fall forward to success. Mary Kay Ash

Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get. Bernard Meltzer

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. Lupe Fiasco

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way. Robert Kiyosaki

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Helen Keller

Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it. Margaret Heffernan

Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere inspirational. Laura Moser

I think there are those individuals who are intimidated by really smart, talented people. But for me, surrounding yourself with great talent is the key to success. Monika Chiang


It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race. Robert W. Service

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success. Shawn Achor

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us? Billy Graham

Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do. Wayne Dyer

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you. RuPaul

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself. Napoleon Hill

Because after my first year I had a lot of success, took everybody by storm, came back the next year thought it was easy and didn't have near the season I had the previous year. It was kind of a wake-up call. And so, life goes on. Brett Favre

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you. Samuel Goldwyn

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle. Ginni Rometty

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that's the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now. Jurgen Klopp

Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways. Jennifer Lopez

Success is a journey, not a destination. Ben Sweetland

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. Walter Scott

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. Nancy Astor

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it. Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success. Henry Cavill

For me, I don't feel it is a success in the career to be the pretty woman; career success comes from being characters who tell us something about the truth. Emmanuelle Beart

I never could have achieved the success that I have without setting physical activity and health goals. Bonnie Blair

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. Umberto Eco

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. Charles Kendall Adams

Success for an athlete follows many years of hard work and dedication. Michael Diamond

Success is when you see something, and you say, 'I want to do that,' and then you do it. It's being happy with what you do and doing what you love every day. Alessia Cara

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream. Azar Nafisi

With all the... success that I've been lucky enough to get? That doesn't happen unless the home life is solid. Dwayne Johnson

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. Charles Horton Cooley

Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcolm Forbes

I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success. Aamir Khan

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting. Brendan Fraser

Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete. James Monroe

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? Tony Robbins

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours. Orison Swett Marden

The love of what you do, combined with your belief in what you do, will not determine your success. It will determine how hard you will work and how dedicated you will be to achieving it. Success just shows up from there. Jeffrey Gitomer

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Niccolo Machiavelli

When you have a 'solution thinking mindset' - and choose to focus 80% of your thoughts/words on solutions - you will not only be heading more speedily to long-term success, but you will immediately feel better in the moment. Karen Salmansohn

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. Danny Thomas

Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success. Scott Adams

I don't think success is complicated; if you do something that works, then it's a success. Peter Thiel

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison

My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil. J. Paul Getty

Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily. Ricky Williams

Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. Coco Chanel

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance. Sun Yat-sen

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

When I look at the success of the Cisco Networking Academy program, which has reached more than 4.75 million people since 1997, I know it could have never achieved this scale without our partners. Together we provide the tools, equipment and training for our students and teachers. John T. Chambers

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! Doug Larson

I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music. Louis Armstrong

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. Maya Angelou

Most companies target women as end users, but few are effectively utilizing female employees when it comes to innovating for female consumers. When women are empowered in the design and innovation process, the likelihood of success in the marketplace improves by 144%! Indra Nooyi

Remember, it isn't the dreamers who have good lives - it's the doers. Remember also what I call the three Ps of success: passion, planning, and perseverance. Homer Hickam

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey. Alex Noble

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. Robert Collier

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Irving Berlin

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives. Oprah Winfrey

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain. F. Scott Fitzgerald


Diligence is the mother of good fortune. Benjamin Disraeli

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it. Sigmund Freud

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is. Tennessee Williams

Personally, I experience success when I enjoy what I'm doing. I love the creative process, even if the end result isn't embraced by anyone else. RuPaul

Success is like a wild horse. If you do not know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well. Ajith Kumar

The biggest start-up successes - from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg - were pioneered by people from solidly middle-class backgrounds. These founders were not wealthy when they began. They were hungry for success, but knew they had a solid support system to fall back on if they failed. Eric Ries

The success of 'The Celebration' was like a hand grenade exploding in my face. It suddenly gave me so many opportunities to explore things I had never done before. Thomas Vinterberg

We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect. Michelle Obama

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford

Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success. Taylor Lautner

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for. Henry Samueli

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them. John C. Maxwell

Teach success before teaching responsibility. Teach them to believe in themselves. Teach them to think, 'I'm not stupid'. No child wants to fail. Everyone wants to succeed. Al Green

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me. Howard Nemerov

Your attitude will go a long way in determining your success, your recognition, your reputation and your enjoyment in being a lawyer. Joe Jamail

Being part of the Workshop is like being part of a really big family. Everyone is so close. Everyone feels the success of others who go on to do well. Whatever happens, I will still be part of the Workshop. Lucy Carless

God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it. Steve Harvey

I think success shows a person's true colors. Freddie Prinze, Jr.

One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent. Sandra Cisneros

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. W. Clement Stone

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success. Paramahansa Yogananda

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it. Oprah Winfrey

At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren't where you want to be, you will always be a failure. Erin Cummings

Fortune befriends the bold. Emily Dickinson

I sang in the coffee houses of the country in the early '60s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I didn't even think of myself as a singer. Judy Collins

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston Churchill

Often, it's the little things, like the title of a song, that can make a huge difference in its success. Jeremih

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon. Booker T. Washington

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you. Marilyn Monroe

The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the reality that all progress is going to be obstructed by vested interests and corrupted by human venality can we create realistic programmes that actually have a chance of success. Julian Baggini

You always pass failure on your way to success. Mickey Rooney

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. Thomas A. Edison

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. Dale Carnegie

I live for opening doors for the young generation of creators. If we do nothing else with our success, let's open up some doors. L.A. Reid

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. Miguel de Cervantes

No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him. Charles Kendall Adams

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

Success is the sweetest revenge. Vanessa Williams

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

There's no abiding success without commitment. Tony Robbins

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. Niccolo Machiavelli

America is - and will always be - a success story. We have African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and members of other ethnic groups elected to positions inside our governments. Markwayne Mullin

Failure is a part of success. Hank Aaron

I have an idea of who I want to be, I have a vision of my own success. Wiz Khalifa

I'm happy to be on a winning team. My individual success, that lasts for a short period of time. The success of being a part of the South, of Atlanta, which is now the hot bed of music, that's what's gonna last the longest. The fact that I contributed to planting our flag and moving music to my city, that's what I'm most proud of. T.I.

My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people. John Philip Sousa

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive. Andy Grove

Success is survival. Leonard Cohen

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Aesop

There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation. Marcus Garvey

When people say good things about me, judge me based on my behaviour and work, that makes me happier than a film's success would. Rakul Preet Singh

After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity. Charlie Gonzalez


Entrepreneurship is like a computer game in which you have to master every level before achieving success. Startups repeatedly stumble and have to go back to the drawing board. The best way to skip some levels and to increase the odds of survival is to learn from others who have already played the game. Vivek Wadhwa

I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again. Kareena Kapoor Khan

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom. Sydney Madwed

My definition, a definition in the drill books from the time that General Von Steuben wrote the regulations for General George Washington, the definition of the object of military training is success in battle... It wouldn't be any sense to have a military organization on the backs of the American taxpayers with any other definition. Chesty Puller

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. Dale Turner

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become. Jim Rohn

The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.' Maria Montessori

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It's scary. Kendrick Lamar

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. Anna Pavlova

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. Mark Twain

Don't think of it as failure. Think of it as time-released success. Robert Orben

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome. Golda Meir

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow. Kathy Ireland

Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. Will Smith

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. Swami Sivananda

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

The difference between us and them, between you and success, is not that you never fail, but it's how you recover from those failures - is that you keep getting up time and time again. You figure out what you did wrong, and then you make it right. I say that to my kids every day. Michelle Obama

The team that gets to play to their plan is usually the team that has the most success. Mike McCarthy

We've had great successes, but our future is not about our past success. It's going to be about whether we will invent things that are really going to drive our future. Satya Nadella

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. Mario Andretti

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I would like to wish the England squad every success. I would also very much like to extend those wishes to Martin Johnson, Brian Smith, Mike Ford, John Wells, Graham Rowntree and the rest of the England 2011 World Cup management team who have been fantastic and deserve people to know that. Jonny Wilkinson

Like the attack on Pearl Harbor, another hinge event in American history, 9/11 was a great tactical victory for America's enemies. But in both these cases, the tactical success of the attacks was not matched by strategic victories. Quite the reverse. Peter L. Bergen

Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. Ambrose Bierce

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do. Sarah Caldwell

The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals. Leonard Boswell

The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers. William Lloyd Garrison

We don't really want to work for a corporation; however, we do aspire to one day make a barbecue sauce that doubles as a cologne, and we would like to promote that ourselves. We would like to create a cologne barbecue sauce benchmark of success. Charles Lincoln Neal

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it. Cardinal Richelieu

Hard work and dedication is important to success, and I have those qualities. Nargis Fakhri

I used to define success as being able to produce any result you wanted, whether it was a relationship, weight-loss, being a millionaire, impacting the culture, changing society, whatever it might be - it might be homelessness, whatever - and lately, I've redefined success as 'fulfilling your soul's purpose.' Jack Canfield

I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. Gordon Ramsay

Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business. Richard Branson

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed. Emily Dickinson

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?' Johnny Carson

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. Benjamin Disraeli

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. Zig Ziglar

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. Jack Welch

Germany and South Korea were able to lower unemployment through success in export industries. Stef Wertheimer

I think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make. Meek Mill

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Bill Gates

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. Thomas A. Edison

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

Success to me is being a good person, treating people well. David LaChapelle

The road to success is always under construction. Arnold Palmer

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. Michael Dell

As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it. Alain de Botton

Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. John F. Kennedy

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more. Maya Angelou

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

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. Dwayne Johnson


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

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Benjamin Franklin

Any businessman will tell you that transportation is fundamental to success. John Hickenlooper

Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before. Queen Latifah

In 1991, the government unleashed the power of India and created a partnership between itself and industry. As a result, India has emerged as an economic success story, and that is a matter of pride for all of us. Kumar Mangalam Birla

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed. Godfrey Winn

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. Oliver Goldsmith

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. Colin Powell

The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity. Joshua Waitzkin

There's a long way to fall when you pretend that you're so far away from the earth, far away from reality, floating in a bubble that's protected by fame or success. It's scary, and it's the thing I fear the most: to be swallowed up by that bubble. It can be poison to you, fame. Rihanna

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. Thomas J. Watson

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met. W. Clement Stone

I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission. Katherine Johnson

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success. Herbert Read

Steroids do not guarantee you're going to have success. I think a lot of people think that they will, but they don't. Tony Gwynn

Success is really about your mindset. F. Gary Gray

The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true. Hedy Lamarr

There are thousands of inspirational stories waiting to be told about young women who yearn for a great education. They are stories of struggle and stories of success, and they will inspire others to take action and work to change lives. Soledad O'Brien

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts. Bo Bennett

Academic success depends on research and publications. Philip Zimbardo

Encouragement of higher education for our youth is critical to the success of our collective future. Charles B. Rangel

I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful. Calvin Klein

If you look at the success of snowboarding in the Winter Games and how that's brought a more youthful edge to the Olympics in general, they don't have that with the Summer Games. They don't have anything that's drawing in a younger viewership. Tony Hawk

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. Woody Allen

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. Orison Swett Marden

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. Zig Ziglar

The victor belongs to the spoils. F. Scott Fitzgerald

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me. Anna Held

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success. Kailash Kher

Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of virtue and public spirit? I recollect none, and this more than the British arms makes me fearful of final success, without a reform. Patrick Henry

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas A. Edison

Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals. Jim Rohn

The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success. Adam Grant

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. Confucius

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. Ronald Reagan

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies. Vivek Wadhwa

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. Samuel Smiles

I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy's valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution. Alexander the Great

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. Anne Sullivan

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Abraham Lincoln

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Napoleon Hill

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier. Bruce Springsteen

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement. Ibrahim Babangida

Growing up in a group home, and with an undiagnosed learning disability to boot, the odds of success were not on my side. But when I joined the high school football team, I learned the value of discipline, focus, persistence, and teamwork - all skills that have proven vital to my career as a C.E.O. and social entrepreneur. Darell Hammond

I think with my journey so far, it never felt like an overwhelming, overnight success story. I think that's good for me because I really got to take my time. Tori Kelly


It's true in everything, not just in drag: To be a success, you have to understand the landscape. You have to know thyself, and you have to know your history so that you can draw from people who have figured out the equation you are faced with. It's not rocket science. RuPaul

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. Pablo Picasso

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing. Sugar Ray Leonard

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success. Peter Diamandis

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Benjamin Disraeli

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success. Julie Benz

Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap. Daniel Berrigan

From the Olympian heights of an executive suite, in an atmosphere where your success is judged by the extent to which you can maximise profits, the overwhelming tendency must be to see people as units of production, as indices in your accountants' books. Jimmy Reid

I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success. Mary Berry

It takes 20 years to make an overnight success. Eddie Cantor

One fails forward toward success. Charles Kettering

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. Arthur Ashe

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised. Ben Jonson

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. Zig Ziglar

As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system accountability - ensuring the success of every student. Kate Brown

For me, success is a state of mind. I feel like success isn't about conquering something; it's being happy with who you are. Britney Spears

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. Harper Lee

In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. Henry Ward Beecher

Not just my parents, but teachers, friends, mentors - a host of people are to be thanked for any success I have had, and a whole lot of just plain luck. Ellen McLaughlin

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

Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. Bobby Unser

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up. Andrew J. Bernstein

With success comes responsibility of playing your part, to do what you can to help not only those that helped you get to where you're at, but the future of who's going to be playing a part of your business and everything you do in your entire career. Rob Dyrdek

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. Henri Matisse

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. Truman Capote

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

I'm sure that Elvis was happy for me. I think he was the kind of guy that enjoyed other people's success, especially if he had something to do with it. Mac Davis

Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. Barbara Bush

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed. P. G. Wodehouse

Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have. Zig Ziglar

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life. Edward Everett Hale

There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage. Mark Caine

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer

All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important. Manny Pacquiao

Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people. John McEnroe

I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made a success of this career path.' You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better. Dominic Cooper

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. Ray Kroc

My last vivid boyhood fright from books came when I was 15; I was visiting my uncle and aunt in Greenwich, and, emboldened by my success with 'The Waste Land,' I opened their copy of 'Ulysses.' The whiff of death off those remorseless, closely written pages overpowered me. So: back to soluble mysteries, and jokes that were not cosmic. John Updike

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals. David A. Bednar

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. Al Bernstein

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. Brian Tracy

There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best. Cristiano Ronaldo

When I meet successful people I ask 100 questions as to what they attribute their success to. It is usually the same: persistence, hard work and hiring good people. Kiana Tom

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. Cullen Hightower

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature. John D. Rockefeller

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work. Ernest Hemingway

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


Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills, and how students gain great academic skills and persevere in the face of challenges. Wendy Kopp

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe. Sumner Redstone

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. Mark Caine

The truth is, what Americans enjoy about football is much of what makes the sport dangerous. However, I believe there must be a way to find the art of success and vitality in football, without the driving the level of impact that causes serious risk of head trauma, paralysis and other life-changing injuries. Naveen Jain

What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference. Andrew Lloyd Webber

A huge amount of success in life comes from learning as a child how to make good habits. It's good to help kids understand that when they do certain things habitually, they're reinforcing patterns. Charles Duhigg

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. George Washington

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. W. C. Fields

Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance. Bikram Choudhury

PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness. Bea Arthur

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get. Kevin Spacey

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other. Sammy Davis, Jr.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square. Michelle Obama

Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology. Donald Johanson

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. Mary Kay Ash

Key to success for the education of young African girls is building a model that works with communities, schools, and national Ministries of Education to build a system of protection and support around girls, ensuring that they receive the education that is their right. Financial support is provided alongside a social support system. Ann Cotton

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success. Mark Spitz

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten. Jon Bon Jovi

Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That's what we do, and we're proud of the success we've had here doing that, and it's something we'll certainly continue to do. Nick Saban

The seeds of success in every nation on Earth are best planted in women and children. Joyce Banda

Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success. Naveen Jain

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture. Lydia M. Child

Good management has helped me find much of the success I've got. Sarah Vaughan

I think that success is having fun. Bruno Mars

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. Benjamin Disraeli

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. Marilyn vos Savant

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. Joe Paterno

The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people. Harvey S. Firestone

You know you've reached true success the day you become truly humble. That's the day you stop needing to prove to the world - and yourself - that you've accomplished something meaningful. Naveen Jain

Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you. Warren Buffett

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle. Marcus Aurelius

I say always follow your passion, no matter what, because even if it's not the same financial success, it'll lead you to the money that'll make you the happiest. Ellen DeGeneres

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success. George Washington Carver

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. Theodore Roosevelt

Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing. Warren Bennis

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be. George A. Sheehan

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Kalpana Chawla

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back? W. Clement Stone

Art school had taught me it was far better to be a flamboyant failure than any kind of benign success. Malcolm Mclaren

Focus on being balanced - success is balance. Laila Ali

I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life. Kendrick Lamar

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. Anthony J. D'Angelo

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Ramana Maharshi

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. George Bernard Shaw

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. Booker T. Washington

The most important thing is being passionate about what you're doing and always give it your all. That is the key to success. Charlie White

There's no escalators - there's only staircases to success. There is no substitute for hard work. Lilly Singh

Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear. Dan Millman

America is full of success stories featuring victories by the underdog. Mike Gallagher

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed. Arnold Schwarzenegger

I have been helped over and over by wonderful men and women in my career. Men help each other all the time, and that kind of inclusion among women can create similar success. Lesli Linka Glatter

I'm lucky to be part of a team who help to make me look good, and they deserve as much of the credit for my success as I do for the hard work we have all put in on the training ground. Lionel Messi

My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief. Conor McGregor

Success breeds success. Mia Hamm


Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. Amos Bronson Alcott

The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals and in rumours, in mysteries and traps and ambuscades of every kind. William Ernest Henley

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it. Anita Roddick

When Thomas and John Knoll launched Photoshop 1.0 in 1990, the software couldn't even handle color images. But their offerings got the startup noticed by Apple and Adobe, both of whom became key to the fledgling company's later success. Jay Samit

After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. Shirley Jones

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is. Bob Feller

I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success. Christie Hefner

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. Thomas J. Watson

My father died when I was seven, leaving a widow and five sons, ranging in age from five to seventeen. My mother was the most highly-disciplined and hardest working person I have ever known, and this, combined with her love and gentleness, enabled her to make a success of each of her children. Arthur Lewis

Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen. Wayne Huizenga

Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers. Peter Finch

The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection. Henri Nouwen

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out. Jonas Salk

When a trait is universal, evolutionary biologists look for a genetic explanation and wonder how that gene or genes might enhance survival or reproductive success. Robin Marantz Henig

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success. Bo Bennett

Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success. Eckhart Tolle

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got. Walter Cronkite

If we study learning as a data science, we can reverse engineer the human brain and tailor learning techniques to maximize the chances of student success. This is the biggest revolution that could happen in education, turning it into a data-driven science, and not such a medieval set of rumors professors tend to carry on. Sebastian Thrun

Money and success haven't really changed my beliefs or opinions over the years. When I was growing up, my mum and dad split when I was 13 or 14, during the early-Nineties recession. At that time, my dad went bankrupt, and it played a huge part in it all at home. Matt Bellamy

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. Democritus

Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution. Robin S. Sharma

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

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team. Jocko Willink

What drives success, and the most successful students, is internal motivation. Vivienne Ming

A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success. Marvin Sapp

'Despacito' is phenomenal; you can't really chase that type of success. I'm a huge fan of the record, the original, and then when the remix came out, I said, 'Oh my God, it just got greater!' Romeo Santos

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success. Harvey Mackay

I would love to inspire our nation and continue the success of U.S. women's soccer. Julie Johnston

Listen to clients, employees, and peers and stay open to their ideas, feedback, and answers. Doing so is vital to the success of any leader. Adena Friedman

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Success is just being happy. And I try so many different things. I do a lot of different things. Because I think God has helped me to love myself. I know who God is, and I love God. Herschel Walker

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success. James Cash Penney

The success of 'Dhruva' has given me more satisfaction than any of my previous hits, simply because the audience accepted the film even though it was experimental. I really hope this kind of acceptance makes experimental cinema the new mainstream cinema. Ram Charan

We fall forward to succeed. Mary Kay Ash

Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction. Brendon Burchard

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. Louisa May Alcott

I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure. Alan Rickman

I've had great success being a total idiot. Jerry Lewis

Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live. Kevin Bacon

Success is dependent on effort. Sophocles

Talent doesn't always equal success. Justin Timberlake

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. John C. Maxwell

You weren't born just to live a life and to die; you were born to accomplish something specifically. Matter of fact, success is making it to the end of your purpose; that is success... Success is not just existing. Success is making it to the end of why you were born. Myles Munroe

Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage. Making critical decisions about your career, business, investments and other resources conjures up fear, fear that is part of the process of becoming a financial success. Thomas J. Stanley

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success. Samuel Goldwyn

I think Joshua has been doing a good job winning his fights and beating the guys in front of him. You got to congratulate him for his success. Deontay Wilder

It's good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work. Peter Thiel

One of the key elements of human behavior is, humans have a greater fear of loss than enjoyment of success. All the academic studies will show you that the fear of loss of capital is far greater than the enjoyment of gains. Laurence D. Fink

Success is a terrible thing and a wonderful thing. If you can enjoy it, it's wonderful. If it starts eating away at you, and they're waiting for more from me, or what can I do to top this, then you're in trouble. Just do what you love. That's all I want to do. Gene Wilder

Success to me is being able to do what I love, make a living at it and to support myself and the ones I love. Art Alexakis

The road to success is always under construction. Lily Tomlin

You find that all men are successes or failures. Success is the stamp of truth. I will say all men who fail to place their feet on the dome of facts do so by not sieving all truth and throwing the faulty to one side. Andrew Taylor Still

Assimilation, not success, is the American end game. Euny Hong


I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen. Erykah Badu

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline. Harvey Mackay

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles. Russell M. Nelson

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

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight. Lillian Hellman

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need. Bruce Springsteen

Written in 1895, Alfred Nobel's will endowed prizes for scientific research in chemistry, physics, and medicine. At that time, these fields were narrowly defined, and researchers were often classically trained in only one discipline. In the late 19th century, knowledge of science was not a requisite for success in other walks of life. Peter Agre

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. Norman Vincent Peale

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again. Maya Angelou

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success. Arthur Helps

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate. Matt Cameron

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence. Elias Canetti

The more important argument against grade curves is that they create an atmosphere that's toxic by pitting students against one another. At best, it creates a hypercompetitive culture, and at worst, it sends students the message that the world is a zero-sum game: Your success means my failure. Adam Grant

There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success. Paul Bryant

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success. Michael Flatley

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. Sarah Ban Breathnach

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. Henri Frederic Amiel

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as I'm in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise. David Harewood

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. Arnold H. Glasow

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. Ayn Rand

There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out. Jay Samit

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin

Achievers have an enabling attitude, realism, and a conviction that they themselves were the laboratory of innovation. Their ability to change themselves is central to their success. They have learned to conserve their energy by minimizing the time spent in regret or complaint. Every event is a lesson to them, every person a teacher. Marilyn Ferguson

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. Alex Rodriguez

I don't judge my success in life as a football player. Tim Tebow

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. James Cameron

She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. Mae West

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure. Aisha Tyler

The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation. Sandra Day O'Connor

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. Babe Ruth

Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive. Don Rickles

A manager is a guide. He takes a group of people and says, 'With you I can make us a success; I can show you the way.' Arsene Wenger

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility. Saint Augustine

I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism. Sylvester Stallone

If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name. Zebulon Pike

Many people decide to jump from niche to niche, as they cannot find success immediately with the niche that they have chosen for their online business. Fabrizio Moreira

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. Wayne Gretzky

Success is never final, but failure can be. Bill Parcells

The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods. John Maynard Keynes

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. Dwight D. Eisenhower

We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way. Les Brown

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? Logan Pearsall Smith

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough - when they are on the very brink of success. Joyce Meyer

Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too. Josh Turner

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me. Katy Perry

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

That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun. Monica Seles

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His. Joseph Barber Lightfoot

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play. Warren Beatty

For over two centuries, Americans have grown up in a society that rewards hard work, protects innovation, and allows its citizens to constantly break new barriers. The key element to this success rests on freedom and the ability of individuals to strive toward achieving their dreams and making their children's futures better than their own. Renee Ellmers

I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring. Tom Baker

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age. Salma Hayek

Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown. Ross Perot

There's no explanation for success. Success just comes out of life. Meat Loaf

There's no one particular road that will lead you to success. I think everybody will find it differently. Marina and the Diamonds

There's no success story. Everybody's got a ghetto story. You always want to make it bigger than what it is. Bernie Mac

They succeed, because they think they can. Virgil