Motivational Quotes For Success

100+ Motivational Quotes For Success

1. "If you can dream it, you can do it."-- Walt Disney

2. "All progress takes place outside the comfort zone."-- Michael John Bobak

3. "I failed my way to success."-- Thomas Edison

4. "I never dreamed about success, I worked for it."-- Estee Lauder

5. "Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value."-- Albert Einstein

5. "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."-- Walt Disney

6. "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--It is: Try to please everybody."

7. "The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."-- Bruce Lee

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

9. "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."-- Jim Rohn-- Herbert Bayard Swope

10. "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

11. "Fall seven times and stand up eight."-- Japanese Proverb

12. "If you can dream it, you can do it."-- Walt Disney

13. "The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."-- John D. Rockefeller Jr.

14. "The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do."-- Unknown

15. "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him."-- David Brinkley

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

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

18. "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

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

20. "There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any.

21. "In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."-- Nikos Kazantzakis vision, dream, or desire a reality."-- Anthony Robbins

22. "I failed my way to success."-- Thomas Edison

23. "The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows."-- Aristotle Onassis

24. "I never dreamed about success, I worked for it."-- Estee Lauder

25. "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

26. "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."-- Vidal Sassoon

“If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.” —Anonymous

27. "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

28. “If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” —Jim Rohn

29. “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” —Anonymous

30. “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” —Oscar Wilde

31. “Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain.” —Anonymous

32. “Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.” —Anonymous

33. "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

34. "Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning."-- Robert Kiyosaki

35. "If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time." -- Steve Jobs

36. “If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got.” —Anonymous

37. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” —John Wooden

38. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” —Anonymous

39. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I  took the one less traveled by, and that made all the difference.” —Robert Frost

40. “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life–think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, and 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

41. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” —Napoleon Hill

42. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney

43. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill

44. “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly.” —Proverb

45. “Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy.” —Anonymous

46. “Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.” —Vaibhav Shah

47. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” —Chris Grosser

48. “Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” —Albert Einstein

49. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

50. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” —Thomas A. Edison

51. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.” —Henry Ford

52. “If you’re going through hell keep going.” —Winston Churchill

53. “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents–start charging for it.” —Kim Garst

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

55. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” —Eleanor Roosevelt

56. “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” —Anonymous

57. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” —Anonymous

58. “The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” —Bruce Feirstein

59. “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.” —Lolly Daskal

60. “I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.” —Oprah Winfrey

61. “No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.” —Anonymous

62. “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne

62. “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” —Albert Einstein

64. “Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.” —Anonymous

65. “What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable.” —Anonymous

66. “Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it.” —Anonymous

67. “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” —Lolly Daskal

68. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” —Bill Gates

69. “Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.” —Anonymous

70. “Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem.” —Anonymous

71. “If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” —Thomas J. Watson

72. “You can do anything, but not everything. —Anonymous

73. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” —Anonymous

74. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” —Pablo Picasso

75. “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

76. “Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.” —A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

77. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” —Vidal Sassoon

78. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” —Robert Collier

79. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” —Steve Jobs

80. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” —Michael John Bobak

81. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” —Thomas Jefferson

82. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” —Maya Angelou

83. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing–that’s why we recommend it daily.” –Zig Ziglar

84. “You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.” —Philippos

85. “I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” —Martha Stewart

86. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear–not absence of fear.” —Mark Twain

87. “We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” —Earl Nightingale

88. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. ” —Les Brown

89. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” —Colin R. Davis

90. “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” —Anonymous

91. “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

 "Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion."-- Tony Hsieh

93. “A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.” —Henry Kravis

94. “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

95. "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."-- Winston Churchill

96. “When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” —Audre Lorde

97. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” —Mark Twain

98. “There is no traffic jam along the extra mile.” —Roger Staubach

99. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” —Bruce Lee

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

101. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” —Jim Rohn

102. “If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!” —T. Harv Eker

103. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” —Robert Kiyosaki

104. “If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it–teach yourself to be impatient.” —Gurbaksh Chahal

105. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” —Michael Jordan

106. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something–your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” —Steve Jobs

107. “The number one reason people fail in life is that they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.” —Napoleon Hill

108. “The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” —Denis Waitley

109. “In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.” —Jane Smiley

110. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” —George Bernard Shaw

111. “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” —Diane Ackerman

112. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” —Ralph Nader

113. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” —Jim Ryun

114. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” —Francis Chan

115. “You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.” —George Lorimer

116. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act but also dream, not only plan but also believe.” —Anatole France

117. “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” —Dale Carnegie

118. “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox

119. “Success is … knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential and sowing seeds that benefit others.” —John C. Maxwell

120. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.” —Dale Carnegie

121. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” —Wayne Dyer

122. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” —Herman Melville

123. “A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” — Bruce Lee

124. “You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.” —Booker T. Washington

125. “What would you do if you weren’t afraid.” —Spencer Johnson

126. “Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” —Theodore N. Vail

127. “Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above it.” —Washington Irving

128. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” —John R. Wooden

129. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -- Herman Melville

130. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” —Margaret Thatcher

131. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” —Truman Capote

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

133. “A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.” —Vince Lombardi

134. "Opportunities don't happen. You create them."-- Chris Grosser

135. "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

136. "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."--John D. Rockefeller

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

138. "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."-- Thomas Jefferson

139. "Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better."-- Jim Rohn

140. "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

141. "Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion."-- Tony Hsieh

142. "If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."- Jim Rohn

143. "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."-- Winston Churchill

144. "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

145. "The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do."-- Anonymous

146. "Do one thing every day that scares you."-- Anonymous

147. "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

148. "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

149. "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

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

151. "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."-- Walt Disney

152. "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--It is: Try to please everybody."

153. "The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."-- Bruce Lee

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

155. "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse."-- Jim Rohn-- Herbert Bayard Swope

157. "Fall seven times and stand up eight."-- Japanese Proverb

158. "If you can dream it, you can do it."-- Walt Disney

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

-- Bill Cosby

160. "The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do."-- Unknown

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

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

-- Oprah Winfrey

163. "A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him."

-- David Brinkley

164. "In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."-- Nikos Kazantzakis

165. "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

166. "There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality."-- Anthony Robbins

167. "The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."-- John D. Rockefeller Jr.

168. "The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows."-- Aristotle Onassis

169. "The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."-- Vidal Sassoon

170. "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

171. "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