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
Victor Ortiz
Boxer
With 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
Alicia Machado
Actress
If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything.
I can't say I was a very successful sorority girl.
A writer should have another lifetime to see if he's appreciated.
Sofia Vergara
Sofia Vergara
Actress
I'm happy with what I've achieved.
Perry Como
Perry Como
Singer
People 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
Sarah Vowell
Author
Part 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.
If there are moments in my work when people find joy and humour, that's a real success for me.
Erika Christensen
Erika Christensen
Film actress
To 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
Peter Temple
Acclaimed Australian Crime Fiction Author
There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.
E. B. White
E. B. White
Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved Classics
Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel Heroes
To tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.
Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay
Business Guru & Motivational Speaker
Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig
Iconic James Bond Actor
I’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
Ricky Martin
Musician
And when you feel the heat, the world is at your feet.
Aisha Tyler
Aisha Tyler
American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host
Nothing really worth having is easy to get. The hard-fought battles, the goals won with sacrifice, are the ones that matter.
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host
We'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
Ed McBain
American author and screenwriter
The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer
Aren't we all striving to be overpaid for what we do?
Blake Lively
Blake Lively
American actress, model, director, and advocate
You can't really go wrong as long as you're true to yourself.
Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in 1963
Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.
Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
American country music singer, actress and businesswoman
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films
I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
Bipasha Basu
Bipasha Basu
Indian actress and model
If 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
Chris Algieri
American professional boxer and former kickboxer
I 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
Eli Roth
American film director, producer, and actor
As 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
Suzy Kassem
Writer, director, philosopher, poet, and citizen of the world
If 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
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist
Ignoring 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
Julie Andrews
English actress, singer, and author
Success 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
John Gray
English political philosopher and author
If 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
Grace Kelly
American actress
I 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
George Allen
American football coach
Health, 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
Albert Camus
French Philosopher
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
Robert G. Allen
Robert G. Allen
Businessman
Hidden behind your fears and your failures is the success you seek.
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
British writer, journalist and naval intelligence officer
Above 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
Jay-Z
American rapper, songwriter, record executive, entrepreneur, and media proprietor
Successful 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
Brian Tracy
American Author
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
Ben Okri
Ben Okri
Nigerian poet and novelist
I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian-American actor, former bodybuilder, film producer, businessman, and former politician
The 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
Charles J. Givens
American Businessman
Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.
Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg
American Journalist
A 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
Bret Michaels
American Musician
I 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
Asin
Indian Actress
I believe that if you acheive success, you will also experience failures in life.
Arthur C. Brooks
Arthur C. Brooks
American Author
The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.
Arnold J. Toynbee
Arnold J. Toynbee
British Historian
A life which does not go into action is a failure.
Alice James
Alice James
American Writer
The 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
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football player
When life puts you in tough situations, don’t say ‘Why me?’ just say ‘Try me’
Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea
Irish actor, stand-up comedian and writer
While 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
Amy Morin
American Author
Since 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
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 2017
Whenever 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
Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
A'Lelia Bundles
A'Lelia Bundles
American Journalist
Madam Walker was a woman who transformed herself in a very American, rags-to-riches way.
Alan Menken
Alan Menken
American Musician
My first success was 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and I had been working for years on jingles.
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe
American Tennis Player
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Craig David
Craig David
English Musician
I 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
Bernard Arnault
French Businessman
What I love is to win. What I love is being number one.
Andre Malraux
Andre Malraux
French Author
Often 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
An Wang
American Businessman
You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.
Ali Larter
Ali Larter
American Model
I 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
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
Actors 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
Akshaye Khanna
Indian Actor
I believe failure sometimes teaches you more than success.
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Indian Actor
When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief.
Ajay Piramal
Ajay Piramal
Indian Businessman
I have always said that you have to fail. If you do not fail, it means you have never taken enough risks.
Adam Thielen
Adam Thielen
American Athlete
I love to compete and I hate failing.
Adam Savage
Adam Savage
American Entertainer
Failure is always an option.
Adam Neumann
Adam Neumann
American Businessman
WeWork is my fifth venture. I failed in my first, second and third, had mediocre success in the fourth.
Adam Draper
Adam Draper
American Businessman
A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
Abhimanyu Singh
Abhimanyu Singh
Indian Actor
I have learnt the hard way that neither success nor failure last forever.
Abhay Deol
Abhay Deol
Indian Actor
It 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
Aaron Sorkin
American Screenwriter
I'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
A. Whitney Brown
American Comedian
That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Indian Statesman
I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing.