110 Best Success Quotes From Successful People

Success is hard to attain no doubt, but when we meditate on daily inspirational words from great successful men, it will drive us to perform towards our goals.

Humans nurture all kinds of dreams and aspirations of what they love to be, and in all, ‘successful’ tops the list. The idea of being and feeling successful enriches lives, it is empowering, motivating and full of revelations.

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Most of the quotes from these people are encouraging and sow seeds of possibilities in our minds. Success, they say, is quite demanding, it requires hard work and dedication spiced up with focus and perseverance. These quotes will motivate your aspirations. Know the words, recite them, chew them and swallow them without a pinch of salt – that’s how to be successful.

1. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani

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

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

4. “Every failure is a step to success.” – William Whewell

5. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy

6. “The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli

7. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

8. “F.O.C.U.S – Follow One Course Until Successful”. – Robert Kiyosaki

9. A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.” – Joyce Brothers

10. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein

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11. “I do not know the word ‘quit.’ Either I never did, or I have abolished it.” – Susan Butcher

12. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn

13. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

14. “To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.” – Sr. Thomas Watson

15. Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period. ” – Lou Holtz

16. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” –  Milton Berle

17. “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

18.”Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” – Jim Rohn

19. “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv Khera

20. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey

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21. “Every failure is a step to success.” – William Whewell

22. “Success teaches us nothing; only failure teaches.” – Hyman G. Rickover

23. “Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton

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

25. “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.” – Dalai Lama XIV

26. “All of our dreams can come true if we  have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney

27. “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” –Randy Pausch

28. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel

29. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy

30. “If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” – Albert Einstein
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31. “The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” – Bruce Feirstein

32. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” – Alexander Graham Bell

33. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”- Herman Melville

34. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston S. Churchill

35. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” –  Thomas A. Edison

36. “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

37. “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

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

39. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

40. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw


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41. “Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.” Deepak Chopra

42. ” The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.” – Napoleon Hill

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

44. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ” – Truman Capote

45. “Failure is success if we learn from it.”  – Malcolm Forbes

46. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell

47. “Success is not a destination, it’s a journey.” – Zig Ziglar

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

49. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

50.  “Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ” – Brian Tracy
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51. “One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” – Arthur Ashe

52. “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivananda

53. “There are so many ways to fail but only one way to succeed; NEVER GIVE UP!” – Johni Pangalila

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54. “Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.” – Arnold H. Glasow

55. “When you fail, that is when you get closer to success.” – Stephen Richards

56. “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” – Joyce Brother

57. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” –Bill Bradley

58. “Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal.” – Mike Ditka

59. “It is possible to fail in many ways . . . while to succeed is possible only in one way.” – Aristotle

60. “Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.” – Morihei Ueshiba

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61. “True success has more components than one sentence or idea can contain.” – Zig Ziglar

62. “Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.” – Jim Rohn

63. “If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you’re gonna make it happen.” – Mariah Carey

64. “An obstacle is often a stepping stone.” – William Prescott

65. “Don’t count the things you do, do the things that count.” – Zig Ziglar

66. “Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.” – Jim Rohn

67. “You always pass failure on your way to success.” – Mickey Rooney

68. “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar

69. “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson

70. “Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. ” – Soichiro Honda

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

72. “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” – Christopher Morley

73. “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain

74. “Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.” – W. Clement Stone

75. “At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.” – Jane D. Hull

76. “Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass.” – Ron Jaworski

77. “Life is trying things to see if they work” – Ray Bradbury

78. “Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you’re going to be a success, whether you’re in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.” – Donald Johanson

79. “Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.” – Bo Bennett

80. “If you don’t plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.” –  Zig Ziglar
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81. To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” – Tony Dorsett

82. “We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.” – Alexis de Tocqueville

83. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”- Pablo Picasso

84. “Replace the word “problem” with the word “opportunity” in all your thoughts.” – Matthew Keith Groves

85. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” – Aristotle

86. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” – Zig Ziglar

87. “Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.” – Zig Ziglar

88. “Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them”. – Orison Swett Marden

89. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” – Vince Lombardi

90. Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” – Shiv KheraYour_positive_1438584370

91.  Never Give Up.” – Winston Churchill

92. “Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission” – Zig Ziglar

93. “F-E-A-R has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” – Zig Ziglar

94. “If you worry about yesterday’s failures, then today’s successes will be few.”

95. “The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.” – Roseanne Barr

96. “Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” – Mae Jemison

97. “You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” – Rosalynn Carter

98.“Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.” – Marsha Sinetar

99. “Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” – Anne Sweeney

100. “Every achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.” – Mary Kay Ash

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101. “Don’t complain about what you don’t have. Use what you’ve got. To be less than your best is a sin. ” – Oprah Winfrey

102. Watch, listen, and learn. You can’t know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity.” – Donald Trump

103. “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.” – Richard Branson

104. “Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page

105. “You can say anything to anyone, but how you say it will determine how they will react.” – John Rampton

106. “The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.” – Roy L. Smith

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

108. “Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.” – Seth Godin

109. “To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.” – J. Paul Getty

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110. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” –John D. Rockefeller

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