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Success is not a destination. It’s a process, and it starts with tiny steps. Every day we must try again to be our best selves. It is not something that can be achieved overnight, but it is the outcome of months and years of hard work and dedication to oneself. Successful people know that there is no such thing as a quick fix – life is full of challenges and obstacles that need to be overcome to reach the next level.
Every individual has their definition of what success means to them, and we need to know what our definition is if we are going to achieve anything in life. Here are some of the most inspiring quotes by famous people. They’ll inspire you to work hard for your goals so you can live your dreams!
103 Inspirational Quotes By Famous People On Success
1. “What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.” ~ Donald Trump
2. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” ~ Peter F Drucker
3. “Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.” ~ Henry Ford
4. “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
5. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
6. “I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a one size fits all standard for happiness.” ~ Kanye West
7. “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” ~ Lucille Ball
8. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
9. “Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
10. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” ~ Tony Robbins
11. “The world is what YOU think of it, so think of it DIFFERENTLY and your life will change.” ~ Paul Arden
12. “No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can’t go all the way around.” ~ John Green
13. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” ~ Sheryl Sandberg
14. “Success isn’t easy, and that’s a good thing – at least in business. If it was easy, everybody would be doing it and your competition would be outrageous!” ~ David Fairweather
15. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt
16. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” ~ Chinese Proverb
17. “All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney
18. “Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” ~ Gordon B. Hinckley
19. “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.” ~ Albert Einstein
20. “Short cuts make long delays.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
21. “In this life, when you deny someone an apology, you will remember it at time you beg forgiveness.” ~ Toba Beta
22. “It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ~ J.K.Rowling
23. “You have as much laughter as you have faith.” ~ Martin Luther
24. “If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 204 if you’re in Japan.” ~ Claire Cook
25. “Never rest on your laurels. Nothing wilts faster than a laurel sat upon.” ~ Mary Kay
26. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
27. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
28. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~ Lao Tzu
29. “It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius
30. “When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.” ~ Bill Clinton
31. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” ~ John F. Kennedy
32. “Always do right, that will gratify some and astonish the rest.” ~ Mark Twain
33. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” ~ Bill Gates
34. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” ~ Michael Jordan
35. “If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” ~ James Cameron
36. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” ~ Robert Frost
37. “Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” ~ William Faulkner
38. “A great man is always willing to be little.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
39. “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.” ~ Elvis Presley
40. “The ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable skill you can learn.” ~ Napoleon Hill
41. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~ Winston Churchill
42. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” ~ Dhirubhai Ambani
43. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
44. “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” ~ Desmond Tutu
45. “Your sacred space is where you can find yourself over and over again.” ~ Joseph Campbell
46. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure… but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” ~ Francis Chan
47. “Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.” ~ Voltaire
48. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ~ Winston Churchill
49. “Never let your past decisions determine your future outcome.” ~ Mark Dudley
50. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
51. “Life without purpose is meaningless.” ~ Amy Torres
52. “Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.” ~ Joseph B. Wirthlin
53. “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” ~ Andrew Carnegie
54. “If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” –Napoleon Hill
55. “I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
56. “To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.” ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
57. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” ~ Buddha
58. “You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.” ~ Marissa Mayer
59. “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” ~ Coco Chanel
60. “Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something.” ~ Ashton Kutcher
61. “Only those who play to win. Only those who risk to win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary.” ~ Iveta Cherneva
62. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
63. “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” ~ Plato
64. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” ~ Bill Gates
65. “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” ~ Bruce Lee
66. “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
67. “Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.” ~ Stephen Covey
68. “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” ~ Henry Ford
69. “Remember that no matter how cool you think you may be, you’re not cool enough to look down on anyone…ever.” ~ Paul Walker
70. “If you want something out of life you have to go out there and get it, because it is not just going to be given to you.” ~ Kelvin Waites
71. “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is youer than you!” ~ Dr. Seuss
72. “Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life is too short to think small.” ~ Tim Ferriss
73. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” ~ Og Mandino
74. “Happiness doesn’t come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do.” ~ Wilferd Peterson
75. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
76. “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.” ~ Denis Waitley
77. “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” ~ Sir Winston Churchill
78. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
79. “People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” ~ Edmund Hillary
80. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” ~ Vince Lombardi
81. “It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are.” ~ Elvis Presley
82. “Use what talent you possess – the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.” ~ Henry van Dyke
83. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country.” ~ J.F. Kennedy
84. “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” ~ Oscar Wilde
85. “Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” ~ William Shakespeare
86. “We should love unquenchably, dream unfalteringly, and work unceasingly.” ~ Max Lucado
87. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
88. “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.” ~ Malcolm X
89. “Your dreams are ballbusters; they’re not the yellow brick road.” ~ Kelly Cutrone
90. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~ T. S. Eliot
91. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
92. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” ~ Franklin Roosevelt
93. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
94. “Every man dies, but not every man really lives.” ~ Braveheart
95. “No one can give you your goals. No one can dig for you. This is your journey.” ~ Warren Philip Gates
96. “Don’t find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.” ~ Henry Ford
97. “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” ~ Billy Wilder
98. “We don’t want to tell our dreams. We want to show them.” ~ Cristiano Ronaldo
99. “You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.” ~ William J. Clinton
100. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” ~ Bill Cosby
101. “It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.” ~ George Washington
102. “Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” ~ Margaret Mead
103. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.” ~ Christopher Reeve
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