100 Success Story Quotes | What Is A Good Quote For Success?

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Do you want to learn more about success in a simple but varied quote tone? We have compiled a list of the Top 100 Success Story Quotes and sayings from famous people.

Everyone aspires to be successful. However, only a few people with strong willpower, determination, and a well-planned success strategy will be able to realize their dreams.

A consistent effort with your whole heart, mind, and soul into the work you enjoy will undoubtedly reward you with a plethora of success. Always have a dream, believe in yourself, and be brave enough to act on it. Prepare for new opportunities.

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100 Success Story Quotes

“Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day today, and you are a success.”
— William J. H. Boetcker

Top 100 Success Quotes

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
— Vince Lombardi

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
— John D. Rockefeller

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
— Napoleon Hill

“The best measure of success is how you deal with failure.”
— Ronnie Radke

“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.”
— David Bly

Top 100 Success Quotes

“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success.” James Cameron

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Henry David Thoreau

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” John Wooden

“Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence.” Lisa M. Amos

“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” Jim Rohn

“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

“Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” Tony Hsieh

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney

“If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do.” Anonymous

“How many people you bless is how you measure success.”
— Rick Ross

“The price of success is to bear the criticism of envy.”
— Denis Waitley

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
— Dale Carnegie

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
— Will Rogers

Top 100 Success Quotes 

“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.”
— Jim Rohn

“Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe.”
— Sumner Redstone

“Success doesn’t always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.”
— Andre Agassi

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”
— Bobby Unser

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
— Maya Angelou

“Talent is a gift, but you can only succeed with hard work.”
Jean Beliveau

“You don’t get character because you’re successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.”
— Herman Edwards

“Success isn’t something that just happens – success is learned, success is practiced, and then it is shared.”
— Sparky Anderson

“Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.”
— Zig Ziglar

“Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.”
— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.” — Anna Pavlova

“To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.”
— Anna Pavlova

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” — Arthur Ashe

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
— Arthur Ashe

“There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” — Christopher Morley

“There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”
— Christopher Morley

“To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” — Tony Dorsett

“To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.”
— Tony Dorsett

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” — Benjamin Disraeli

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”
— Benjamin Disraeli

“Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.” — Bob Brown

“Behind every successful man there’s a lot of unsuccessful years.”
— Bob Brown

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” — Earl Nightingale

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.”
— Earl Nightingale

“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” — Marilyn vos Savant

“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.”
— Marilyn vos Savant

“Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration, and inspiration.” — Evan Esar

“Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration, and inspiration.”
— Evan Esar

“The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind.” — Henry David Thoreau

“The secret of achievement is to hold a picture of a successful outcome in mind.”
— Henry David Thoreau

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” — Coco Chanel

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
— Coco Chanel

“A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don’t see what it takes to get there.” — Dawn Staley

“A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don’t see what it takes to get there.”
— Dawn Staley

“If you don’t care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success.” — Paulo Coelho

“If you don’t care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success.”
— Paulo Coelho

“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.” — Henry Van Dyke

“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.”
— Henry Van Dyke

“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.” — Dennis Green

“The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.”
— Dennis Green

“Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.” — Walter Cronkite

“Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.”
— Walter Cronkite

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” — George A. Sheehan

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.”
— George A. Sheehan

“Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self-criticism.” — Albert Einstein

“Success comes from curiosity, concentration, perseverance and self-criticism.”
— Albert Einstein

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” — Conrad Hilton

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
— Conrad Hilton

“Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.” — William J. Clinton

“Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.”
— William J. Clinton

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” — Bill Cosby

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
— Bill Cosby

“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.” — Earl Nightingale

“We are all self-made, but only the successful will admit it.”
— Earl Nightingale

“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.” — Martha Stewart

“Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success.”
— Martha Stewart

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
— Abraham Lincoln

“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” — Bo Bennett

“Success is not in what you have, but who you are.”
— Bo Bennett

“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.” — Thomas J. Watson

“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.”
— Thomas J. Watson

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