Success Quotes

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Nothing fails like success.

Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

You always pass failure on the way to success.

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.

To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.

People fail forward to success.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.

A minute's success pays the failure of years.

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who see his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.