Quotes about success in business and life
Welcome to our Success collection, a treasure trove of insights and inspiration dedicated to the pursuit of achievement and personal growth. In this curated compilation of quotes, we delve into the multifaceted journey of success, where determination, resilience, and vision converge.
Success is more than a destination; it's a continuous voyage of self-discovery and accomplishment. Our Success quotes celebrate the diverse paths taken by individuals who have forged their own definitions of success, leaving behind footprints for others to follow.
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a student on the brink of a new chapter, or someone seeking motivation to overcome challenges, these quotes offer perspectives that illuminate the various dimensions of success and the mindset required to attain it.
Embark on a transformative journey that uncovers the strategies, mindsets, and principles that underpin success stories across various fields. Explore the role of failure in growth, the significance of perseverance, and the importance of aligning your pursuits with your passions.
Victor Ortiz
— BoxerWith success comes a lot of failure, and it doesn't matter how many times you fall it just depends on how you get up and keep succeeding.
Alicia Machado
— ActressIf you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorI can't say I was a very successful sorority girl.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterA writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated.
Perry Como
— SingerPeople have always thought that I wasn't ambitious. They judged by appearances and were fooled. I was competitive. I wanted success and was willing to work for it.
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorPart of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional; we sound like people you would know.
Patricia Piccinini
— ArtistIf there are moments in my work when people find joy and humour, that's a real success for me.
Erika Christensen
— Film actressTo be entirely honest, I am an extremely confident person, and I don't think I would have gotten into this business if I felt that I wasn't going to succeed and I intend to be in this business, for the rest of my life.
Peter Temple
— Acclaimed Australian Crime Fiction AuthorThere's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsHabitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesTo tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerMackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
Daniel Craig
— Iconic James Bond ActorI’m potentially worth a lot of money, but I’ve got to go and make something that’s worth a lot of money.
Ricky Martin
— MusicianAnd when you feel the heat, the world is at your feet.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostNothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.
Neil Patrick Harris
— American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television hostWe're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.
Ed McBain
— American author and screenwriterThe world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerAren't we all striving to be overpaid for what we do?
Blake Lively
— American actress, model, director, and advocateYou can't really go wrong as long as you're true to yourself.
Pope John XXIII
— Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in 1963Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanTo succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
Ranbir Kapoor
— Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language filmsI want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelIf I want to be the sexy Bipasha Basu, then I'll do a song here or a glam role there. But I want to be part of films that are watched, films that earn money and are new age, with author-backed roles.
Chris Algieri
— American professional boxer and former kickboxerI knew my time would come I just had to stay focused and disciplined and if you work hard good things happen. I am right where I am supposed to be.
Eli Roth
— American film director, producer, and actorAs a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn't get 'Cabin Fever' made that fast I thought I'd failed.
Suzy Kassem
— Writer, director, philosopher, poet, and citizen of the worldIf you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shrinks. The same way you hold a candle close to you, keep all your plans, aspirations, projects, and dreams close to you too. Do not share your plans or goals until you complete them, because as you hold your candle away from you, your goals will shrink in the eyes of others. Envy, jealousy, and resentment will put out your flame before it grows.
Oprah Winfrey
— American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropistIgnoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph.
Julie Andrews
— English actress, singer, and authorSuccess is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, ‘God, wasn't it wonderful.’
John Gray
— English political philosopher and authorIf I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and conflict. The secret of forming a successful relationship is for both partners to win.
Grace Kelly
— American actressI hated Hollywood. It’s a town without pity. Only success counts. I know of no other place in the world where so many people suffer from nervous breakdowns, where there are so many alcoholics, neurotics and so much unhappiness.
George Allen
— American football coachHealth, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life, but what we do about what happens to us.
Albert Camus
— French PhilosopherYour successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
Robert G. Allen
— BusinessmanHidden behind your fears and your failures is the success you seek.
Ian Fleming
— British writer, journalist and naval intelligence officerAbove all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared
Jay-Z
— American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, and media proprietorSuccessful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.
Brian Tracy
— American AuthorThe key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
Ben Okri
— Nigerian poet and novelistI am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
— Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politicianThe secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.
Charles J. Givens
— American BusinessmanAchieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.
Charles Duhigg
— American JournalistA huge amount of success in life comes from learning as a child how to make good habits. It's good to help kids understand that when they do certain things habitually, they're reinforcing patterns.
Bret Michaels
— American MusicianI believe you must find the things in life that you love, and don't let anybody or anything stop you. There may be lesser successes, but you're never a failure unless you choose not to do something. I don't fail unless I quit. You must believe to receive.
Asin
— Indian ActressI believe that if you acheive success, you will also experience failures in life.
Arthur C. Brooks
— American AuthorThe more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
Alice James
— American WriterThe success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerWhen life puts you in tough situations, don’t say ‘Why me?’ just say ‘Try me’
Aisling Bea
— Irish actor, stand-up comedian and writerWhile we talk about successes, I think it's also important to talk about all the failures. Like, for every Netflix special, there's things that don't work.
Amy Morin
— American AuthorSince self-control is vital to reaching long-term goals, befriending people with willpower could be the secret to success. Whether you're tempted to skip that workout at the gym, or you're considering blowing this month's budget, spending time with a disciplined friend could boost your motivation to maintain healthy habits.
Charles Leclerc
— Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. Leclerc won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017Whenever you want to reach your goal, obviously you are going through times that are not always easy, it not always goes your way, but if in these difficult times, you keep working, keep being focused on your goal, then you will eventually make it.
Arthur Schopenhauer
— German PhilosopherFriends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
A'Lelia Bundles
— American JournalistMadam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.
Alan Menken
— American MusicianMy first success was 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and I had been working for years on jingles.
Andrew Carnegie
— Scottish BusinessmanConcentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Arthur Ashe
— American Tennis PlayerOne important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Albert Einstein
— German PhysicistStrive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Craig David
— English MusicianI recognise life is like a magnet. Positive and negative are on the opposite sides of the magnet. You can try to cut the negative part off, but it's still there. When you accept both of them, it's like, 'You know what? Don't get too identified with success or too identified with failure - just be cool with them.'
Bernard Arnault
— French BusinessmanWhat I love is to win. What I love is being number one.
Andre Malraux
— French AuthorOften the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.
An Wang
— American BusinessmanYou have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.
Ali Larter
— American ModelI was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
— Mexican DirectorActors are exposed in a way that nobody else can understand. They are subject to the likes and dislikes of people their entire life, no matter how successful they are. At the same time, in order to be liked, you have to not be yourself. So it's a very complicated human exercise - an alchemy that I have never understood.
Akshaye Khanna
— Indian ActorI believe failure sometimes teaches you more than success.
Akshay Kumar
— Indian ActorWhen you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief.
Ajay Piramal
— Indian BusinessmanI have always said that you have to fail. If you do not fail, it means you have never taken enough risks.
Adam Thielen
— American AthleteI love to compete and I hate failing.
Adam Savage
— American EntertainerFailure is always an option.
Adam Neumann
— American BusinessmanWeWork is my fifth venture. I failed in my first, second and third, had mediocre success in the fourth.
Adam Draper
— American BusinessmanA startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Abhimanyu Singh
— Indian ActorI have learnt the hard way that neither success nor failure last forever.
Abhay Deol
— Indian ActorIt is not a happy time when a film doesn't do well... Everything affects you, success affects you and failure also affects you.
Aaron Sorkin
— American ScreenwriterI've loved every minute I've spent in television. And I've had much more failure, as traditionally measured, than success in television. I've done four shows, and only one of them was the 'West Wing.'
A. Whitney Brown
— American ComedianThat is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
— Indian StatesmanI firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorFame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing.