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Quotes about success explore the many paths, mindsets, and meanings behind achievement. They remind us that success is shaped as much by perseverance and growth as by outcomes. The following collection offers reflections to inspire ambition, resilience, and thoughtful progress.   ◀ Back
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Failure is always an option
- Adam Savage
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My life changed the day I moved beyond just wishing for things and I started earning them. That is the day I learned that we don't get what we wish for, we get what we work for.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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The biggest problem I have is I know why he has changed. What took place last night convinced me. I believe he’s been hypnotized to conduct espionage.
- Karl Braungart
Counter Identity
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Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.
- Criss Jami
Healology
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If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
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To win an argument, rely on logic. To win in life, question logic.

If you’re not willing to take some actions that don’t make sense, having a mediocre life will make perfect sense.
- Vizi Andrei
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The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you're willing to sacrifice
- Nathan W. Morris
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The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
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We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed.
- Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic Ties the Knot
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Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.
- Paul O'Brien
Great Decisions, Perfect Timing: Cultivating Intuitive Intelligence
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The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well-meaning.
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You were born a winner, a warrior, one who defied the odds by surviving the most gruesome battle of them all - the race to the egg. And now that you are a giant, why do you even doubt victory against smaller numbers and wider margins? The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.
- Suzy Kassem
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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Before the fruits of prosperity can come, the storms of life need to first bring the required rains of testing, which mixes with the seeds of wisdom to produce a mature harvest.
- Lincoln Patz
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Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.
- Dr Roopleen
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Recognize that throughout this beautiful day,you have an incredible amount of opportunities to move your life into the direction you want it to go.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him?
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Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.
- Ashley Ormon
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You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success.
- Chef Jiro
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Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts
- Nanette Mathews
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As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
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If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors' prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in the good health of our worldly places, our homelands. If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety, for real security and success, then we would begin to turn to our communities - and not the communities simply of our human neighbors but also of the water, earth, and air, the plants and animals, all the creatures with whom our local life is shared.
(pg. 59, "Racism and the Economy")
- Wendell Berry
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
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I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.
- Lawrence Durrell
Justine
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Attempting to succeed without embracing the tools immediately available for your success is no less absurd than trying to row a boat by drawing only your hands through the water or trying to unscrew a screw using nothing more than your fingernail.
- Richie Norton
The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
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The condition and characteristic of an uninstructed person is this: he never expects from himself profit (advantage) nor harm, but from externals. The condition and characteristic of a philosopher is this: he expects all advantage and all harm from himself.
- Epictetus
Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses
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Failure is always an option
- Adam Savage
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My life changed the day I moved beyond just wishing for things and I started earning them. That is the day I learned that we don't get what we wish for, we get what we work for.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
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The biggest problem I have is I know why he has changed. What took place last night convinced me. I believe he’s been hypnotized to conduct espionage.
- Karl Braungart
Counter Identity
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Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.
- Criss Jami
Healology
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If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To win an argument, rely on logic. To win in life, question logic.

If you’re not willing to take some actions that don’t make sense, having a mediocre life will make perfect sense.
- Vizi Andrei
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The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you're willing to sacrifice
- Nathan W. Morris
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The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed.
- Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.
- Paul O'Brien
Great Decisions, Perfect Timing: Cultivating Intuitive Intelligence
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well-meaning.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You were born a winner, a warrior, one who defied the odds by surviving the most gruesome battle of them all - the race to the egg. And now that you are a giant, why do you even doubt victory against smaller numbers and wider margins? The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.
- Suzy Kassem
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Before the fruits of prosperity can come, the storms of life need to first bring the required rains of testing, which mixes with the seeds of wisdom to produce a mature harvest.
- Lincoln Patz
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.
- Dr Roopleen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Recognize that throughout this beautiful day,you have an incredible amount of opportunities to move your life into the direction you want it to go.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.
- Ashley Ormon
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You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success.
- Chef Jiro
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Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts
- Nanette Mathews
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
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If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors' prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in the good health of our worldly places, our homelands. If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety, for real security and success, then we would begin to turn to our communities - and not the communities simply of our human neighbors but also of the water, earth, and air, the plants and animals, all the creatures with whom our local life is shared.
(pg. 59, "Racism and the Economy")
- Wendell Berry
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.
- Lawrence Durrell
Justine
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Attempting to succeed without embracing the tools immediately available for your success is no less absurd than trying to row a boat by drawing only your hands through the water or trying to unscrew a screw using nothing more than your fingernail.
- Richie Norton
The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The condition and characteristic of an uninstructed person is this: he never expects from himself profit (advantage) nor harm, but from externals. The condition and characteristic of a philosopher is this: he expects all advantage and all harm from himself.
- Epictetus
Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses
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Failure is always an option
- Adam Savage
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My life changed the day I moved beyond just wishing for things and I started earning them. That is the day I learned that we don't get what we wish for, we get what we work for.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The biggest problem I have is I know why he has changed. What took place last night convinced me. I believe he’s been hypnotized to conduct espionage.
- Karl Braungart
Counter Identity
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Whether you try too hard to fit in or you try too hard to stand out, it is of equal consequence: you exhaust your significance.
- Criss Jami
Healology
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
To win an argument, rely on logic. To win in life, question logic.

If you’re not willing to take some actions that don’t make sense, having a mediocre life will make perfect sense.
- Vizi Andrei
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you're willing to sacrifice
- Nathan W. Morris
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We're all to driven by materialism. Obsessed with success. With money. With trying to impress people who'll never be impressed.
- Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic Ties the Knot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.
- Paul O'Brien
Great Decisions, Perfect Timing: Cultivating Intuitive Intelligence
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well-meaning.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You were born a winner, a warrior, one who defied the odds by surviving the most gruesome battle of them all - the race to the egg. And now that you are a giant, why do you even doubt victory against smaller numbers and wider margins? The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.
- Suzy Kassem
Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Before the fruits of prosperity can come, the storms of life need to first bring the required rains of testing, which mixes with the seeds of wisdom to produce a mature harvest.
- Lincoln Patz
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.
- Dr Roopleen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Recognize that throughout this beautiful day,you have an incredible amount of opportunities to move your life into the direction you want it to go.
- Steve Maraboli
Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Where would his torture be, indeed, if at every step the hope of succeeding upheld him?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.
- Ashley Ormon
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success.
- Chef Jiro
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Even small positive shifts in thinking, create huge results if you are consistent in your efforts
- Nanette Mathews
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1824
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If we are looking for insurance against want and oppression, we will find it only in our neighbors' prosperity and goodwill and, beyond that, in the good health of our worldly places, our homelands. If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety, for real security and success, then we would begin to turn to our communities - and not the communities simply of our human neighbors but also of the water, earth, and air, the plants and animals, all the creatures with whom our local life is shared.
(pg. 59, "Racism and the Economy")
- Wendell Berry
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.
- Lawrence Durrell
Justine
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Attempting to succeed without embracing the tools immediately available for your success is no less absurd than trying to row a boat by drawing only your hands through the water or trying to unscrew a screw using nothing more than your fingernail.
- Richie Norton
The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The condition and characteristic of an uninstructed person is this: he never expects from himself profit (advantage) nor harm, but from externals. The condition and characteristic of a philosopher is this: he expects all advantage and all harm from himself.
- Epictetus
Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses
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