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Success44 quotes
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that 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 · 1854All rising to great place is by a winding stair. — Francis Bacon · 1625You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002Showing up is 80 percent of life. — Woody Allen · 1977Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things. — T.S. Eliot · 1939I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan · 1997All 44 quotes →Failure6 quotes
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan · 1997Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1899Success is more dangerous than failure, (the ripples break over a wider coastline). — Graham Greene · 1980Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis, and suicide. With failure comes failure. — Joseph Heller · 1975Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. — William Shakespeare · 1616I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. — Nick Cave · 1983Achievement4 quotes
You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841Thus to be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great or rational whether in life or in science. Great achievement is assured, however, of subsequent recognition and grateful acceptance by public opinion, which in due course will make it one of its own prejudices. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel · 1821How to succeed4 quotes
Showing up is 80 percent of life. — Woody Allen · 1977A purpose is the eternal condition of success. Nothing will take its place. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb... Education will not; the country is full of unsuccessful educated men... There is no road to success but through a clear, strong purpose. — Theodore T. Munger · 1881Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing. — Abraham Lincoln · 1855All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. — Mark Twain · 1887Persistence3 quotes
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing. — Abraham Lincoln · 1855The secret of success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1872In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. — Montesquieu · 1755Success and failure3 quotes
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan · 1997Success is more dangerous than failure, (the ripples break over a wider coastline). — Graham Greene · 1980Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis, and suicide. With failure comes failure. — Joseph Heller · 1975Success in business3 quotes
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business—you didn't build that. — Barack Obama · 2012There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there–good for you! But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. — Elizabeth Warren · 2011The business world contains plenty of successful men who have no brains. — Abraham Cahan · 1917Taking risks3 quotes
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that 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 · 1854Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1899And he who servilely creeps after sense,
Is safe, but ne'er will reach an Excellence. — John Dryden · 1669American politics2 quotes
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business—you didn't build that. — Barack Obama · 2012There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there–good for you! But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. — Elizabeth Warren · 2011Courage2 quotes
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that 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 · 1854Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt · 1899Downsides of success2 quotes
Success has ruin’d many a Man. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. — Bill Gates · 1995Recognition2 quotes
You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you. — Fred Rogers · 2002It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff. — Fred Rogers · 2002Buck stops here1 quote
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. — Florence Nightingale · 1861Business1 quote
The business world contains plenty of successful men who have no brains. — Abraham Cahan · 1917Character1 quote
Success has ruin’d many a Man. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Confidence1 quote
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. — Mark Twain · 1887Dedication1 quote
Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. — Viktor Frankl · 1946Determination1 quote
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing. — Abraham Lincoln · 1855Excuses1 quote
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. — Florence Nightingale · 1861Expediency1 quote
He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859Following your dreams1 quote
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that 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 · 1854Getting away with it1 quote
Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. — William Shakespeare · 1616God's blessing1 quote
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. — Psalm 20:4 · 450 BCHappiness1 quote
Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. — Viktor Frankl · 1946Hard work1 quote
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. — Stubby Currence · 1935Hubris1 quote
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. — Bill Gates · 1995Image1 quote
Call me crazy, but it is my philosophy that in order to be successful, one must project an image of success, at all times. — Buddy Kane · 1999Injustice1 quote
Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. — William Shakespeare · 1616Innovation1 quote
Thus to be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great or rational whether in life or in science. Great achievement is assured, however, of subsequent recognition and grateful acceptance by public opinion, which in due course will make it one of its own prejudices. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel · 1821Legacy1 quote
I don't talk about success, I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead. — Imogen Cunningham · 1975