Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Secrets of Success

Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–45) German Lutheran Pastor, Theologian

We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

Many a man has walked up to the opportunity for which he has long been preparing himself, looked it full in the face, and then begun to get cold feet … when it comes to betting on yourself and your power to do the thing you know you must do or write yourself down a failure, you’re a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.
B. C. Forbes (1880–1954) Scottish-born American Journalist, Publisher

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.
Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972) French Actor, Singer

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined! As you simplify your life, the laws of the Universe will be simpler, solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher

Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist

It’s weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them.
Marion Milner (‘Joanna Field’) (1900–98) British Writer, Psychoanalyst

Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.
Edward Young (1683–1765) English Poet

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.
Helen Hayes (1900–93) American Actress, Philanthropist

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you have.
Charles M. Schwab (1862–1939) American Businessperson

You can’t get rich sitting on the bench.
Phil Linz (1939–2020) American Baseball Player

All glory comes from daring to begin.
Eugene F. Ware

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.
Charles Baudelaire (1821–67) French Poet, Art Critic, Essayist, Translator

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82) American Poet, Educator, Academic

Never mistake motion for action.
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American Author, Journalist, Short Story Writer

To do is to be.
Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher

It is only when I daily with what I am about, look back and aside instead of keeping my eyes straight forward, that I feel these cold sinkings of the heart. But the first broadside puts all to rights.
Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Lawyer

One starts an action simply because one must do something.
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965) American-born British Poet, Dramatist, Literary Critic

Can anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes; work never begun.
Christina Rossetti (1830–94) English Poet, Hymn Writer

The only joy in the world is to begin.
Cesare Pavese (1908–50) Italian Novelist, Poet, Critic, Translator

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) American Head of State

How, then, find the courage for action? By slipping a little into unconsciousness, spontaneity, instinct which holds one to the earth and dictates the relatively good and useful … By accepting the human condition more simply, and candidly, by dreading troubles less, calculating less, hoping more.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821–81) Swiss Moral Philosopher, Poet, Critic

We don’t have enough time to premeditate all our actions.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer

All know the way, but few actually walk it.
Buddhist Teaching

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American Businessperson, Engineer

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