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.

Without struggle, success has no value.
Aaron Laursen
Aaron Laursen
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The first step to success is to imagine it.
Pete Hautman
Pete Hautman
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By all these lovely tokens September days are here, With summer's best of weather And autumn's best of cheer.
Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Hunt Jackson
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The Four Agreements 1. Be impeccable with your word. 2. Don't take anything personally. 3. Don't make assumptions. 4. Always do your best.
Don Miguel Ruiz
Don Miguel Ruiz
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The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
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Every problem offers an opportunity for a solution, if you are in the right frame of mind to find it.
Michael Arrivi
Michael Arrivi
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Success is the best revenge.
Kanye West
Kanye West
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I love my work, I love the people I work with. I do the best I can.
Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin
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The complete destruction of traditional marriage and the nuclear family is the 'revolutionary or utopian' goal of feminism.
Kate Millet
Kate Millet
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The best innovation comes from inclusive work environments that foster diverse ideas, nurture people with diverse talent and backgrounds, and create strong relationships with diverse communities.
Mark Parker
Mark Parker
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When I set a goal, I work hard to achieve it.
Lisa Leslie
Lisa Leslie
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There's no such thing as a mistake, really. It's just an opportunity to do something else.
Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman
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I do all this alone, everything I achieve, I achieve alone, because it's my head I'm locked into, and I share this space with nobody but myself.
Alan Garland
Alan Garland
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Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.
Dennis DeYoung
Dennis DeYoung
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Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer.
Unknown
Unknown
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Wings are freedom only when they are wide open in flight. On one's back they are a heavy weight.
Marina Tsvetaeva
Marina Tsvetaeva
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams
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If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.
Curly Howard
Curly Howard
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Don't let anything stop you. There will be times when you'll be disappointed, but you can't stop. Make yourself the best that you can make out of what you are. The very best.
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
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When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson
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Out of evil comes good, however, and the confusion of tongues gave rise to 'the ancient practice of Masons conversing without the use of speech.'
A.E.Waite
A.E.Waite
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At the core, strategy is about focus, and most complex organizations don't focus their resources. Instead, they pursue multiple goals at once, not concentrating enough resources to achieve a breakthrough in any of them.
Richard P. Rumelt
Richard P. Rumelt
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If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life.
Wumen Hui-k'ai
Wumen Hui-k'ai
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Goals never come easy. No one gives you goals.
Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
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The worst has happened. The best is next.
Paul George
Paul George
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My best advice to you - shut up.
Jim Calhoun
Jim Calhoun
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Lose this battle so we can win the war.
Olivia
Olivia
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The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.
Ray Brown
Ray Brown
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A certain excessiveness seems a necessary element in all greatness.
Harriet Cushing
Harriet Cushing
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Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Michael Frost
Michael Frost
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How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. -Winnie the Pooh.
Lori Lynn Vale
Lori Lynn Vale
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Excellence isn't as much about being the best as it is about being the best you can be, and being better than you were before.
Randy Anderson
Randy Anderson
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It's not over until you win.
Les Brown
Les Brown
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The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
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Silence is the best reply to a fool.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Success doesn't come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently.
Marie Forleo
Marie Forleo
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Success is the best revenge for anything.
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
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If you focus on success, you'll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra
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I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.
Aytemiz Senpai
Aytemiz Senpai
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The best advertising is done by satisfied customers.
Philip Kotler
Philip Kotler
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Success isn't owned. It's leased. And rent is due every day.
J.J. Watt
J.J. Watt
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Patience is not passive waiting. Patience is active acceptance of the process required to attain your goals and dreams.
Roy T. Bennett
Roy T. Bennett
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Trust God for the impossible-miracles are His department. Our job is to do our best, letting the Lord do the rest.
David Jeremiah
David Jeremiah
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Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives.
Henry Cloud
Henry Cloud
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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
David Ogilvy
David Ogilvy
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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
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