Success
618 quotes: 28 by Keith Craft, 590 from other voices.
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- No man's success or health will ever reach beyond his own confidence; as a rule, we erect our own barriers.
- No matter how great the ability, how large the genius, or how splendid the education, the achievement will never rise higher than the confidence.
- No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
- Nobody, however able, can gain the very highest success, except in one line. He may rise above others, but he will fall below himself.
- Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
- Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
- Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.
- Nothing is given. Everything is earned.
- Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one’s job as a matter of course.
- Of course to adhere to standards, to idealism, to vision in the face of immediate dangers takes great courage and takes self-confidence. But we also know that only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.
- Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year – and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!
- One fails forward toward success.
- One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going.Oliver CromwellCommonly attributed
- One of the greatest mysteries in the world is the success that lies in conscientious work.
- One talent with a will behind it will accomplish more than ten without it.
- One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die. The grass is already growing over him.
- Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.Robin MorganCommonly attributed
- Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.Ann LandersCommonly attributed
- Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at something that doesn’t really matter.
- Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Our sphere in life may be very humble, but if we overcome our own weaknesses, help others along life's pathway, and do our daily work better than we need, our life cannot be other than successful.
- Overnight success takes decades of daily work.
- Past success is poisonous to future success. Humility is the antidote.
- Patience is more important to success than brilliance.
- Patience is not just a virtue; it’s a strategy. Success often requires waiting for the right moment to act.
- Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
- People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
- People fail forward to success.
- People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- People will plateau at exactly the same level that their selectivity plateaus.
- Perfection isn’t attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.
- Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would mount, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.
- Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
- Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.
- Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.
- Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you’ll be doing when you’ve reached your goal.
- Problems are the price you pay for progress.
- Progress is the ultimate motivation.
- Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.