61 Famous Quotes About Success to Inspire You Today
Published August 2, 2022
Our latest collection of motivating famous quotes about success on Everyday Power.
We all need reminders for how great we are and what we’re capable of.
Here are some of the most famous quotes about success to inspire you to grow as much as you possibly can, no matter what! When you’re done, be sure to check out additional quotes on self-help as well!
Famous Quotes about Success
1. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
2. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Henry Ford
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3. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
4. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani
5. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
6. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” – Herman Melville
7. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
8. “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
9. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
10. “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” – Oscar Wilde
11. “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
12. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” – Napoleon Hill
13. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak
14. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” – Pablo Picasso
15. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis
16. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie
17. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
18. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” – George Bernard Shaw
19. “Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”. – Jim Rohn
20. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” – Francis Chan
21. “To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” – Mike Gafka
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Other famous quotes about success
22. “I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure, try to please everybody all the time.” – Herbert Bayard Swope
23. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” – W.C. Fields
24. “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
25. “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” – W. P. Kinsella
26. “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Steve Maraboli
27. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote
28. Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali
29. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
30. “The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.” – Bette Midler
31. “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” – Coco Chanel
Famous success quotes to inspire you even more
32. “Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, “I did it before, so I can do it again.” ―
33. “To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.” ―
34. “Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” ―
35. “I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” ―
36. “Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.” ―
37. “There is no failure except in no longer trying.” ―
38. “Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you’re tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.” ―
39. “There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. …But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind.” ―
40. “Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.” ―
41. “The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.” ―
Famous success quotes to launch you to greatness
42. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
43. “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” — Mister Rogers
44. “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” — John Wooden
45. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” — Estée Lauder
46. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
47. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” — David Brinkley
48. “The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs, one step at a time.” — Joe Girard
49. “One of the differences between some successful and unsuccessful people is that one group is full of doers, while the other is full of wishers.” — Edmond Mbiaka
50. “Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had.” — Angela Bassett
51. “Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don’t settle for them.” — Mia Hamm
Motivating Famous Quotes About Success To Keep You Going
52. “If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” — Jim Rohn
53. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
54. “Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.” — Vaibhav Shah
55. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.” — Henry Ford
56. “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.” — Lolly Daskal
57. “I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey
58. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” — Robert Collier
59. “You may only succeed if you desire to succeed; you may only fail if you don’t mind failing.” — Philippos
60. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon
61. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” — Maya Angelou
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