Famous Quotes About Success to Motivate You

Thinking about Success and what it means to you? There are many definitions on success by all kinds of people. For some, success is about the number in their bank account, for others it’s the title on their business card and for some it may just be the control they have over their time and schedule. No matter what you strive for in your quest for success though, some good quotes about success can help you focus, get motivated and achieve your goals.

We’ve put together a great list of over 200 famous quotes about success for you to take a minute and enjoy them.

The faintest ink is better than the best memory – Unknown
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.- Henry David Thoreau
I never dreamed about success, I worked for it. – Estee Lauder
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away – Shing Xiong
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. — Zig Ziglar
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
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
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. – Alexander Graham Bell
There are two ways of exerting ones strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. – Booker T. Washington
Happiness always sneaks in a door you did not think was open. – Unknown
A good hand and a good heart are always a formidable combination. – Nelson Mandela
A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose – a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve. – John Maxwell
Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are. – Henry Van Dyke
Every dog must have his day. – Jonathan Swift
There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. – Ray Goforth
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality. – Anthony Robbins
See the Invisible, Believe the Incredible, Achieve the Impossible. – Joel Brown
Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t. – Jerry Rice
People Who Are Crazy Enough To Think They Can Change The World, Are The Ones Who Do. – Rob Siltanen
The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time. – Abraham Lincoln
Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals. — Paul J. Meyer
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people – Eleanor Roosevelt
Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way. — Vera Wang
You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it. – Oprah Winfrey
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive – Howard Thurman
Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. – John Maxwell
If at first you don’t succeed, you’re running about average. – M.H. Alderson
In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true. – John Lilly
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It;s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the wind and rains and the scorching sun. – Napoleon Hill
It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret – Jackie Joyner-Kersee
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. – Sir Winston Churchill
When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near! – Tony Robbins
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. – Henry Van Dyke
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. – Bill Cosby
We May Encounter Many Defeats But We Must Not Be Defeated. – Maya Angelou
The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Herm Albright
The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well. – John D. Rockefeller Jr.
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. – Steve Jobs
Where there is unity there is always victory. – Publilius Syrus
The important thing is to not stop questioning. – Albert Einstein
Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. — Arnold H. Glascow
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua J. Marine
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
In the end, it isn’t about changing the world, but rather, how many worlds you have changed. – Unknown
Imagine Your Life Is Perfect In Every Respect; What Would It Look Like? – Brian Tracy
Keep you face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. – Helen Keller
Fall seven times and stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb
Do what you can with what you’ve got wherever you are. – Theodore Roosevelt
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. – George Bernard Shaw
It’s not denial. I’m selective about the reality I accept. – Calvin
Successful people begin where failures leave off. Never settle for ‘just getting the job done.’ Excel! — Tom Hopkins
It’s not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts. – Mother Teresa
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward your always in the same place. – Nora Roberts
When you can’t change the direction of the wind, just adjust your sails. – H. Jackson Brown Jr
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain
In the giving-is the getting. – David Matoc
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. – Oprah Winfrey
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein
It takes strength to be gentle and kind. – Stephen Morrisey
Here are 50 quotes to inspire you to succeed in the face of failures, setbacks, and barriers.
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. – Thomas Jefferson
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. – Herman Melville
There is nothing permanent except change. – Heraditus
Action is the foundational key to all success. — Pablo Picasso
Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. – Unknown
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. – Victoria Holt
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. – Madeleine L’Engle
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. – E. Hubbard
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – John Wooden
Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do. — Brian Tracy
The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty. – Winston Churchill
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. – Jack Canfield
The Man Who Has Confidence In Himself Gains The Confidence Of Others. – Hasidic Proverb
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. – Carl Bard
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door – Milton Berle
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it. – Jordan Belfort
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life—and that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan
What the mind can conceive, it can achieve. – Napoleon Hill
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
Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan. – Larry Winget
Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won. – Unknown
It’s not your circumstances that shape you, it’s how you react to your circumstances. – Anne Ortlund
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody. – Herbert Bayard Swope
A person that values it’s privileges above its principles soon loses both. – Dwight Eisenhower
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. – Colin Powell
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. -John D. Rockefeller
I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself. – Albert Einstein
People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. – Tony Robbins
A hero is a person who does what he or she can. – Roman Rolland
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
The impossible is often the untried. – Jim Goodwin
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do. – Goethe
Laughter is the music of life. – Sir William Osler
Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. – Robert Kiyosaki
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty really are in ourselves. – Kahlil Gibran
Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop. – Unknown
Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. – Charles F. Kettering
The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be. – Marcel Pagnol
All of our dreams can come true if we just have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney
The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. – Unknown
My religion is very simple, my religion is kindness. – Dalai Lama
If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn
Nothing is worth more than this day. – Goethe
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. – George Bernard Shaw
We all have a few failures under our belt. It’s what makes us ready for the successes. – Randy K. Milholland
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
You build walls & boundaries when you give into your mind. Fear nothing & take control of who you are & who you are meant to be – Joel Brown
I always think part of success is being able to replicate results, taking what is interesting or viable about yourself as a professional person and seeing if you bring it into different situations with similar results. — Robert Downey Jr.
Anyone can become angry-that is easy, but to become angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way-that is not easy. – Aristotle
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. – Colin R. Davis
It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it. – Lena Horne
If You Are Working On Something That You Really Care About, You Don’t Have To Be Pushed. The Vision Pulls You. – Steve Jobs
If you can dream it, you can do it.- Walt Disney
Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.- Winston Churchill
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. – Jim Rohn
I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen. — Erykah Badu
I attribute my success to this—I never gave or took any excuse. — Florence Nightingale
It is not length of Life, but depth of life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that other throw at him. – David Brinkley
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. – Steve Jobs
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. – The Dalai Lama
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. – Michael Jordan
Change is inevitable. Progress is optional. – Tony Robbins
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton
Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. – John Updike, 1989, U.S. author & critic
Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will. – Unknown
Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. —John Wooden
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. – Albert Einstein
No one is going to hand me success. I must go out & get it myself. That’s why I’m here. To dominate. To conquer. Both the world, and myself. – Unknown
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston S. Churchill
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. – Mother Teresa
Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion. – Tony Hsieh
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
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. – Farrah Gray
All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. – Michael John Bobak
Some people dream of success… others stay awake to achieve it. – Unknown
Opportunities don’t happen. You create them. – Chris Grosser
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere. – Tim McGraw
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
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. Especially when that time will pass you by anyway. – Unknown
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. – Arthur Rubinstein
Our greatest glory is not failing, but in rising every time we fail. – Confucius
Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success. – Thomas J. Watson
The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. – Barack Obama
It took us so long to realize that a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. – Kurt Vonnegut
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take – Wayne Gretzky
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Mead
Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you. – Zig Ziglar
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
It’s Not Whether You Get Knocked Down, It’s Whether You Get Up. – Vince Lombardi
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. – Oscar Wilde
For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. — Walter Scott
Out of clutter, find simplicity; from discord, find harmony; in the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein
Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. – Les Brown
I like nonsense,it wakens up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities. – Dr. Seuss
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. – Cicero
How you do one thing, is how you do everything. Be aware. – Unknown
Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball. – Mitzi Chandler
The miracle is this; the more we share, the more we have. – Leonard Nimoy
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. – G. K. Chesterton
Failure Will Never Overtake Me If My Determination To Succeed Is Strong Enough. – Og Mandino
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 never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes. – Thomas Edison
Entrepreneurs Are Great At Dealing With Uncertainty And Also Very Good At Minimizing Risk. That’s The Classic Entrepreneur. – Mohnish Pabrai
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity. – Og Mandino
We don’t see things the way they are. We see them the way we are – Talmud
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. – Mahatma Gandhi
The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. – Bruce Lee
I failed my way to success. – Thomas Edison
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. – Nikos Kazantzakis
Life is like a ten speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use. – Charles Schultz
You Learn More From Failure Than From Success. Don’t Let It Stop You. Failure Builds Character. – Unknown
The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible. – Joel Brown
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. — Benjamin Franklin
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. – Robert H. Goddard
Eighty percent of success is showing up. — Woody Allen
Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. — Henry Ford
Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. – Will Rogers
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. – Albert Einstein
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing – Helen Keller
A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart. – Jonathan Swift
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude. – Denis Waitley
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. – Randy Pausch
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. – Steve Jobs
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas Edison
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security – John Allen Paulos
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try. – Beverly Sills
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon
Hope is like a road in the country. There never was a road; but, when many people walk together, the road comes into existence. – From the National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
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
The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows. – Aristotle Onassis
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it – Henry David Thoreau
To get something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done. – Unknown
If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.- Jim Rohn

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