Quotes About Success

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There are times in life where we just feel so out of place, so uninspired and demotivated. We might just lay in our bed for the longest time, thinking about all the things we need to do and but not doing anything. At times like these, we need to give ourselves some break from what we are doing, do something we love, or read some inspiring quotes like the ones below to get your lives back on track.

1. “Try not to be a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein

Don’t aim and work to be a successful person, but work to become a person who has a high value, such as being kind, intelligent, humble, and so on.

2. “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean

Don’t tell people how hard you are working to achieve what you are aiming for. When you finally achieved it, others will know about it without you even telling them.

3. “Winners don’t quit and quitters don’t win.” – Vince Lombardi

If you often give up on something, you will never see good results. People who had achievements are the ones who go on despite going through many times of failures.

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

To succeed in something, you need to be willing to accept failures and keep going on without even losing the determination to do it.

5. “I haven’t failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

Don’t look at things you did not achieve as “failures,” look at them as opportunities for you to improve and make things better.

6. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” – Nikos Kazantzakis

You need a positive mindset, the thought that you can do it, in order to succeed.

7. “Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do.” – Brian Tracy

You need to be willing to learn and be committed to what you do, then only it can lead to your success.

8. “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” – Marva Collins

Nothing in life comes free. If you want to get something in life, you have to go get it yourself. Wanting success in your life is the same.

9. “If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shades.” – Tom Peters

When opportunities come to you, don’t back off from them. At least try to do it.

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

Ambition is how much you want something, persistence is the things you are willing to do to get it.

11. “I walk slowly but I never walk backwards.” – Abraham Lincoln

No matter how slow your progress is going with something, never give up.

12. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

If you do not enjoy what you are doing, then it is very unlikely you will be successful with it.

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

To be successful you need to accept yourself for who you are, enjoy what you are doing, and enjoy the process of doing something.

14. “Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs

If you think you can be successful, then you can do it, with hard work of course.

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

Never give up on whatever you are doing because you never know how close you are to success, which you could be really close to.

16. “The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not the job.” – Zig Ziglar

A person’s success is determined by them, not what they’re working on.

17. “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln.

You need to make sure that whatever you’re doing is what you wanted and what is right, then only you built your passion stronger.

18. “If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first six sharpening my axe.” – Abraham Lincoln

Work smart, not hard. Do things in a more efficient way, not the hard-working way.

19. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Having the right mindset, believing that you can do something, is the first step to being successful.

20. “Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.” – David Joseph Schwartz

Dream big and look at the bigger picture. Don’t limit your imagination.

Here are 20 quotes that hopefully had helped inspire you in your life. Remember that things will be okay eventually. Don’t let a small failure in your life define your success.