Success Quotes

"Success is not about luck, it's about having a clear vision and working towards it every day"

"In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it"

John Ruskin, Writer

"Success demands singleness of purpose"

Vince Lombardi, Coach

"Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures"

Vince Lombardi, Coach

"Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price"

Vince Lombardi, Coach

"We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success"

Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher

"Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist"

Mary Kay Ash, Businesswoman

"Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success"

Og Mandino, Author

"However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet

"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody"

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet

"One fails forward toward success"

Charles F. Kettering, Inventor

"The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit"

Jonathan Swift, Writer

"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it"

Richard Bach, Novelist

"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc"

Henri Matisse, Artist

"Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent"

George Allen, Sr., Coach

"Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost"

Steve Jobs, Businessman

"After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success"

Mason Cooley, Writer

"Money is just a byproduct of success"

Jordan Belfort, Author

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her"

George Washington, President

"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all"

George Washington, President

"All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer"

Tom Peters, Businessman

"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is"

Tennessee Williams, Dramatist

"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom"

George S. Patton, Soldier

"I have always been pushed by the negative. The apparent failure of a play sends me back to my typewriter that very night, before the reviews are out. I am more compelled to get back to work than if I had a success"

Tennessee Williams, Dramatist

"A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

"Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

"Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

"No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

"To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success"

Orison Swett Marden, Writer

"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor"

Horace, Poet

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success"

Henry Ford, Businessman

"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own"

Henry Ford, Businessman