Success Quotes

It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women were the complete opposite. She had never heard a woman say she was working so she could retire to a desert island or to live on a boat. It was probably, she thought, because most women didn't think they deserved to do nothing.

~ Candace Bushnell

‎Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success.

~ Mary Lydon Simonsen

Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. It seems, then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it. Is there a check in men, deep in them, that stops or punishes? There doesn't seem to be. The only punishment is for failure. In effect no crime is committed unless a criminal is caught.

~ John Steinbeck

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently

~ Karl Lagerfeld

When you’re busy, avoid taking the quickest action. Instead make the extra effort to truly serve the customer.

~ Marilyn Suttle

Becoming well known (at least among your prospects & connections) is the most valuable element in the connection process.

~ Jeffrey Gitomer

There are three qualities that every individual must have to achieve success: a Monk’s patience, a Warrior’s courage, a Child’s imagination.

~ Sharad Vivek Sagar

In Paris, where raillery is so quick to throw emotion out the window, silence, in a roomful of clever people after a story, is the most flattering of all marks of success

~ Jules Barbey D'aurevilly

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

~ An Wang

The futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. -

~ Janette Turner Hospital

Success certainly isn’t achievement of popularity. Success in God’s kingdom is loving God, loving one another, and being faithful to what He’s called us to do.

~ Gabriel Wilson

If you are a success in life, there are places you must go and pay to be humiliated. It is an unwritten law that human beings must be tormented throughout their lives in one way or another. If you are fortunate enough to have risen to a social level where no one does it to you for free, then you must pay for the service.

~ Jonathan Carroll

You have had many successes, and you have earned the right to be respected.

~ Lorii Myers

I am learning, and I believe I shall do quite well.

~ Shannon Drake

Sharing your success with others reveals your true humanity. Don't ever be afraid to open your heart to that practice. It has made all the world of difference to me.

~ Andrea Michaels

The strength of every individual is the grace for great work.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Some say if you want success surround yourself with successful people. I say if you want true and lasting success surround yourself with people of integrity.

~ Charles F. Glassman

Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.

~ Criss Jami

The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.

~ Criss Jami

Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart.

~ Ziad K. Abdelnour

You know you made it, when your friends tell their friends that you are their friend.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Go higher and higher, until it becomes impossible to bring you down, I wanna use a microscope to locate you, don't even dream of coming down.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.

~ Sun Tzu

Take action! An inch of movement will bring you closer to your goals than a mile of intention.

~ Steve Maraboli

You know you made it, when people you know, tell people they know, that you know them.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

If you're always following the crowd, you will never truly know who you are. Walk your own path.

~ Julian Pencilliah

Not every hen lay eggs. Not every hen that lays eggs gets them hatched. Not everyone born with greatness becomes as such. Go, hatch your eggs.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

The awful penalty of success is the haunting dread of subsequent failure.

~ A.c. Benson

Real success is not rooted in positions, places or possessions, but in fulfilment of God's purposes for our lives.

~ Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Even if you do nothing, say nothing and be nothing, there will still be many who will criticise you. It is much better to be criticised for success than be condemned for failures because success rids you of the many miseries of life.

~ Awdhesh Singh

If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools.

~ Confucius

Success is a choice you choose it and work it out! Excellence is deliberate and so it is intentionally pursued. No successful person ever remained idle for success to knock his/her door for him/her

~ Israelmore Ayivor

One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing the answer 'no' time and time again, so he turns to and cultivates, monopolizes in his one talent which others cannot possibly subdue. Then, beyond the crowds of criticism and rejection, the right people recognize his talent - among them he finds his stage.

~ Criss Jami

Listen for the call of your destiny, and when it comes, release your plans and follow.

~ Mollie Marti

The secret code of success is patience,a virtue that can not be replaced. It takes time to build great dreams.

~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

Integrity is a powerful force, keeping you alive to others long after you’ve left their presence.

~ Mollie Marti

BREAKING NEWS: You're awesome and designed for success live this day accordingly!

~ Steve Maraboli

Behind a life of influence you will find a masterful storyteller.

~ Mollie Marti

Whether you dance, draw, make music, shoot field goals, build houses, tune engines, or sit around all day watching television, you are an artist. Your single greatest work of art is your self. As with any art form, the more you understand and develop your talents, the more empowered and masterful you become as an artist. This is particularly important when engaging in the art of consciously shaping your own life.

~ Scott Edmund Miller

I would hesitate to use the word 'success' in the way many people do. I don't know that I would apply it to what I've done as though I have now reached the ultimate goal. To me success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone to achieve something else. Success comes as you have confidence in yourself. Self-confidence is built by succeeding, even if the success is small. It is the believing that makes it possible.

~ Walter Knott