Top 622 Success Quotes

Success means something different to everyone, but the people who reach it tend to agree on a few things: persistence, purpose, and the courage to keep going after failure. These quotes on success come from founders, athletes, writers, and thinkers who learned it the hard way.

Always asked, 'What's the key to success?' The key is, there is no key. Be humble, hungry, and always be the hardest worker in the room.
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson
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Democracy is the best school to learn soft power.
Joseph Nye
Joseph Nye
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You'll always make mistakes and you'll miss the mark sometimes. That's inevitably going to happen, because the best people in the world make mistakes - even people who are brilliant.
James Caan
James Caan
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Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn
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Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.
Charles R. Swindoll
Charles R. Swindoll
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Did you do every single thing you could today, to be your best?
Napoli Chino
Napoli Chino
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Memories are perhaps the best gifts of all.
Gloria Gaither
Gloria Gaither
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You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential.
Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey
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The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer.
Henry Clay
Henry Clay
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No one wins a war. It is true, there are degrees of loss, but no one wins.
Brook Chisolm
Brook Chisolm
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The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel real.
Juan Sutherland
Juan Sutherland
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Every goal, every dream and every success begins on the inside of you.
Terri Savelle Foy
Terri Savelle Foy
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The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.
Eric Byrd
Eric Byrd
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To get to the next level of greatness depends on the quality of the culture, which depends on the quality of the relationships, which depends on the quality of the conversations. Everything happens through conversations!
Unknown
Unknown
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The two most fundamental strategic choices are deciding where to play and how to win.
Roger Martin
Roger Martin
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Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.
Clarence Thomas
Clarence Thomas
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Done right, a performance review is one of the best opportunities to encourage and support high performers and constructively improve your middle- and lower-tier workers.
Kathryn Minshew
Kathryn Minshew
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Winter is not a season, it's a celebration.
Anamika Mishra
Anamika Mishra
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We have no way of knowing what lays ahead for us in the future. All we can do is use the information at hand to make the best decision possible.
Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken
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I think buying a home is the best investment that any individual can make.
John Paulson
John Paulson
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The things you get fired for when you're young are the same things that you get lifetime achievement awards for when you're old.
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
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At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.
Jodi Reli
Jodi Reli
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The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
Walter Chrysler
Walter Chrysler
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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
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Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.
Mario Fernández
Mario Fernández
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You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
Imelda Staunton
Imelda Staunton
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Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.
Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey
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My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.
Francine Jay
Francine Jay
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With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.
Taher Shah
Taher Shah
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The loser is always a part of the problem; the winner is always a part of the answer. The loser always has an excuse; the winner always has a program. The loser says it may be possible, but it's difficult; the winner says it may be difficult, but it's possible.
Alvin Green
Alvin Green
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After all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is breath and reboot.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
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Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.
Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker
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Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." - Albert Einstein.
Robert Mauer
Robert Mauer
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Integrity is the first step to true greatness.
Charles Simmons
Charles Simmons
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Art means something very rare, an extraordinary achievement.
Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud
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If you want to become successful, seek to become a person of value.
Myles Munroe
Myles Munroe
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I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.
Charles R. Schwab
Charles R. Schwab
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The best things in life don't come easily, but those things are the ones worth the sacrifice.
Adriana Locke
Adriana Locke
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Losing is essential to anyone's success. The more you lose, the more you want to win.
Brett Hull
Brett Hull
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To reach any significant goal, you must leave your comfort zone.
Byrum W. Smith
Byrum W. Smith
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In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail.
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
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Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
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The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.
Richard Powers
Richard Powers
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Honor may not win power, but it wins respect. And respect earns power.
Ishida Mitsunari
Ishida Mitsunari
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The only problem in art is to achieve a balance between subjective and objective.
Piet Mondrian
Piet Mondrian
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I hate to lose more than I love to win.
Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
Titus Livy
Titus Livy
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The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.
Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan
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