Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
—Earl Nightingale (1921–89) American Motivational Speaker, Author
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
—Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) French Poet, Politician, Historian
Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
—Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher
The truth of the matter is that there’s nothing you can’t accomplish if: (1) You clearly decide what it is that you’re absolutely committed to achieving, (2) You’re willing to take massive action, (3) You notice what’s working or not, and (4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
Formula for Success… and then some. The top people do what’s expected of them, and then some. They are thoughtful and considerate of others, and then some. They meet their obligations and responsibilities fairly and squarely, and then some. They are good friends to their friends, and then some. They can be counted on in an emergency, and then some. And so it is when we do what is assigned to us in our lives and in the church, and then some; then the Lord pays in full, and then some.
—Unknown
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
—Unknown
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
Ours is a world where people don’t know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
—Don Marquis (1878–1937) American Humorist, Journalist, Author
Success tempts many to their ruin.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.
—J. M. Barrie (1860–1937) Scottish Novelist, Dramatist
The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it’s the same problem you had last year.
—John Foster Dulles (1888–1959) American Republican Public Official, Lawyer
Success is best measured by how far you’ve come with the talents you’ve been given.
—Unknown
Prosperity is not just having things. It is the consciousness that attracts the things. Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just having money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.
—Eric Butterworth (1916–2003) American Spirituality Writer
Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.
—Charles J. Givens (1941–98) American Self-Help Writer
There is a good side to every situation.
—David J. Schwartz (1927–87) American Self-help Author
Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.
—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–99) German Philosopher, Physicist
If we are truly prudent we shall cherish those noblest and happiest of our tendencies—to love and to confide.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
A successful person is a dreamer whom someone believed in.
—Unknown
The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren’t is the willingness to work very, very hard.
—Helen Gurley Brown (1922–2012) American Author, Publisher
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
Was it always my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times, until any success became an accident and failure seemed the only truth?
—Lillian Hellman (1905–84) American Playwright, Dramatist, Memoirist
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
—Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868–1938) American Industrialist
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
—Salvador Dali (1904–89) Spanish Painter
For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
—Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) American Entrepreneur, Businessperson
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
—Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (1874–1956) American Business Executive
How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.
—Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) German Philosopher, Linguist, Statesman
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
—Morarji Desai (1896–1995) Indian Statesman, Nationalist Leader
Love is what happens to a man and a woman who don’t know each other.
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Playwright
The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
—H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker
So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
I … am always glad to touch the living rock again and dip my hand in the high mountain air.
—Isaac Asimov (1920–92) Russian-born American Writer, Scientist
Success is not forever and failure isn’t fatal.
—Don Shula (1930–2020) American Football Coach
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
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 (1911–83) American Playwright
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That’s why it satisfies nobody.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
—Mark Victor Hansen (b.1948) American Public Speaker, Motivational Speaker, Writer
Don’t mistake activity for achievement.
—John Wooden (1910–2010) American Sportsperson
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people—your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
—Barbara Bush (1925–2018) American First Lady
Success is not something you get out of what you do.
—Wayne Dyer (b.1940) American Motivational Writer, Author, Motivational Speaker
To spend life for something which outlasts it.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.
—Constantin Stanislavski (1863–1938) Russian Actor, Theater Personality
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one’s origins and one’s final achievement.
—Michael Korda (b.1933) English-born Writer, Novelist
Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don’t even know there is a ladder.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?
—Brendan Behan (1923–64) Irish Poet, Novelist, Playwright
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
—Robert F. Kennedy (1925–68) American Politician, Civil Rights Activist
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur