Success is the state of meeting one's set or defined expectations or attaining one's goals and aims. There are a lot of motivating factors that push one towards the direction of growth and success, and motivational speeches and quotes by famous personalities is one of them. This is because when we listen to inspiring words coming from someone who righteously achieved success and respect in life, it tends to spark a light in us too.
Here are a hundred quotes of success by different personalities. These inspiring and famous quotes on success will encourage you deeply.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavour. ~ Truman Capote
Truman Capote, an American novelist, once said that failure is the substance that will later add flavour to success.
When you fail a couple of times, especially while trying your best, it sometimes tends to discourage you. But when you finally get on the level of succeeding, all your hard work and not giving up increases its value massively and makes the taste of success even better. And all your mistakes and downfalls automatically become a part of your learning and become worth it.
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ~ Walt Disney
The best and the most effective way to get started is to do something, be it anything. Rather than merely talking about doing something, you should actually do something for your words to hold value, or else you would just be concluded as an all talk and no show. Therefore, instead of talking, start doing and acting upon your words.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith
Never failing or making a mistake is not what brings someone closer to victory or makes him/her great. Instead, it is the ability to get up after every downfall and not get discouraged, that determines one's growth and how closely they are to success in life.
This is because, without failures and setbacks, one would not be able to learn or grow. And falling down does not mean you always have to stay down; you can always get up, start fresh and try again!
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. ~ Mark Twain
Twain says that the two most essential factors of achieving success are ignorance and confidence. Being ignorant and not taking people's comments and actions personally is crucially important if you wish to succeed in life, because if you let people mess your energy and confidence, then you won't be able to move further at all. The latter because being confident and self-aware is the best way not only to shut people's mouth but to assure oneself too.
If one is aware of his/her true worth and stays unbothered by other people's behaviour and remarks, one is bound to succeed in life sooner or later.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. ~ Napoleon Hill
The human mind is considered to be one of the most powerful parts of the human body, because anything it decides, it can do; if your mind can comprehend something, it will be able to come through its end.
If you believe in yourself, there is no achievement you won't be able to accomplish.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ~ Bill Cosby
If you wish to succeed, you are bound to fall down a couple of times or even more; nobody can master anything in just one try. Without mistakes and setbacks, you won't be able to grow or learn, because of which you won't be able to succeed either. This is why, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failing because if you let the latter take over your will and your confidence, you won't be able to go further in the direction of the former.
Never was anything great achieved without danger. ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Life is all about risks and challenges; if you don't endure challenges and have the guts to take the risk, then you won't be able to achieve much either because growth comes from change, and what better way to grow than by discovering and learning new things!
There is no guarantee whether or not the outcome of taking a risk would be what you anticipated it to be or not, but that is not the most important part; what matters the most is that you are at least willing to take a risk and try something new.
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Success is not about, not making any mistakes at all or not facing failures; rather, it is about learning from one's mistakes and being careful enough not to repeat them again. This is one of the most crucial aspects of success and why failing is not as fatal as it is believed to be, because it teaches us to grow and exposes us to different ways and so many other factors that are required in life.
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do every day. ~ Jason Mraz
The end result, i.e., whether or not you win, is not the most important part; the most crucial part is that you keep trying and never give up or surrender to loss.
Rather than being obligated to winning, you are obligated to just keep on trying, because if you do that, then success is bound to follow. All you have to do is give your best and not get disheartened by your mistakes or downfalls, and never give up, and success will follow.
Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It's ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you! ~ Steve Maraboli
We often tend to pin the blame of our own mistakes and failures on our luck, thereby failing to take responsibility for our own actions and poor decision-making skills. Instead of doing that, one should always own up to his/her mistakes and downfalls because it is only human to fall down but staying down is a choice.
So, don't get discouraged by falling, and get up and try again, because failures ensure learning and growth, and are an inescapable part of everyone's life.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~ Dale Carnegie
If you are doing and working towards something you like doing, and something that captures your interest and attention, only then would you be able to succeed. Because if you are not doing something you like, then it becomes futile to work for it in the first place; it becomes forced, which is why it becomes extremely difficult for you then, to achieve your goals.
Passion, determination, and dedication are what fuel success, and without the former, the latter is seldom possible.
Failures are the stairs we climb to reach success. ~ Roy T. Bennett
Bennett has rather beautifully laid out the concept of success and the importance of failing while trying to succeed; if one wishes to reach the top of the building, then they tend to use the stairs and failures tend to act as a supporting role, like that of the stairs, in the reference of success. This is because one's mistakes and failures help them grow and also bring them closer to their goals. This is why, no matter how hard it must get while facing an obstacle, it always tends to turn out for one's best in the long run.
Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better. ~ Flannery O'Connor
Coming terms to the way you are and accepting yourself does not block the way for growing or becoming better; instead, it is a part of growing. Accepting yourself shows maturity. It does not mean that there is no room for improvement; it only means that you are content with the way you are and would further welcome change with arms wide open.
Don't let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks. ~ Dr Roopleen
Here, the mental blocks are being referred to as one's mind, and the hindrances that one's mind tends to present in front of them, such as self-doubts and our fears.
One should never let their inhibitions control them; instead, one should confront and face their fears, and even fight them if needed, because that is what will truly set one free.
This way, one would be turning those mental blocks into building blocks, which would help in one's growth and improvement.
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Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. ~ Suzy Kassem
Contrary to popular belief, failures tend to help a person grow in life as people tend to learn from their mistakes and it makes them even stronger; failures are considered to be fatal but are not so in reality. Doubts, on the other hand, are even more fatal because they tend to destroy an individual from the inside, breaking their confidence and letting their fears and questions take over their will power.
This is why it is said that doubts tend to kill more dreams than failure.
There is no progress or accomplishment without sacrifice. ~ Idowu Koyenikan
If you wish to reach somewhere or accomplish something, you will have to leave from somewhere else and drop something else. This is because, without sacrifice, there is little or no progress.
One cannot get everything, and one cannot get to hold onto everything all at once, either. To achieve great success, a little sacrifice is necessary.
Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success. ~ Bobbe Sommer
If you have high regard for yourself, then it does not mean that you are egoistical, it merely means you are aware of your true worth. Similarly, constantly bringing yourself down and holding on to a low and shallow opinion of yourself is not exactly being modest; it is called self-destruction.
Knowing your value and having confidence and faith in oneself tends to play an incredibly important in your life on an overall basis.
Our way of thinking creates good or bad outcomes. ~ Stephen Richards
The way we see the world, people around us, other situations, and even ourselves, is what truly determines the nature of that particular person or situation because it all depends on our perception and how we see a particular incident or person.
It is our way of thinking and perceiving other things and people, that tends to create a good or bad outcome for the same.
Vision without execution is just hallucination. ~ Henry Ford
Having a purpose and a dream is important but having a plan to back it up and working on it is even more so, because if you don't have an idea about the execution of your vision, then your vision is more or less rendered futile.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom. ~ George S. Patton Jr
Almost everyone can give their best when they are doing their best; it is not about how great you can do while you are already in a good enough condition, rather, it is about how high of a result you can give when you are on your lowest. Success is mainly about how stronger you come back after falling down and how quickly and strongly you get up from that fall.
Acquiring wisdom is great but it is not the goal, applying it is. ~ Idowu Koyenikan
Gaining and acquiring wisdom and knowledge is indeed great, but it is not the goal. What matters the most is that you apply the acquired wisdom and use that knowledge at some or the other point in your life. Until and unless you have put the wisdom in practice, you would never know its actual importance and whether or not you understood its true value.
Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone. ~ Shannon L. Alder
Life is nothing without risks and challenges, and it truly begins when you step out of your comfort zone and try your hand at new things and the things that you find difficult. This is because you can always become better at something you already know. But the real test is to see whether or not you can be good at something you don't have a major idea about. This will be like expanding your comfort zone which will result in you being good at that particular thing, or you might even turn out be worse than you must have anticipated, but it is not about that. Rather, it is all about the ability to develop and grow.
Integrity is doing what is right and truthful, and doing as you say you would do. ~ Roy T. Bennett
Besides making sure that you match your words with your actions and do what you say you would, integrity is also about that whatever it is that you are engaging in, is right and truthful, and if it is not and you know for a fact it is not, then it is your duty not to do that particular thing.
Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all. ~ Nathan W. Morris
Life is like a work of art; you need to keep changing your styles and have to keep bringing in variations to make it a masterpiece.
Change is inevitable, which is why one should always welcome it with arms wide open, instead of resisting it. If you know something in your life needs change or modification, then do it, and don't hesitate to do so because it is your life and only you who has to deal with the consequences of your actions, so it is always better to act accordingly.
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A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits. ~ Napoleon Hill
There is a stark difference between a quitter and a winner. A quitter is someone who keeps on giving up and tends to lose hope quite easily, and this is the sole reason as to why a quitter never wins because he/she does not have the will to be able to conquer the challenges and succeed. A winner, however, is someone who never quits and gets up every time after falling and does not fail to deliver his/her best efforts.
No matter how small you start, always dream big. ~ Stephen Richards
One should always dream big and have high goals and aspirations, regardless of how small a step it would take to start working towards that dream.
Everybody has to start small, but that does not mean they shouldn't dream big; on the contrary, no matter how small you have to start, you should always dream big and make your aims and your efforts count.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ~ Anthony Robbins
Decision making is more complex and crucial than it looks like. This is because every decision that you take in any moment tends to shape your future in some way or the other, be it in a small way or in an evident way.
This is why it is said that you are always one step and one decision away from an entirely different life. And this is why you should never make any decisions in haste or out of anger because it requires thinking and analysis; after all, it is about what kind of a path you wish to pave for yourself as you walk ahead in life.
Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today. ~ Tim Fargo
How your future turns out to be, is all dependent on what you do in your present and how you do it. In a similar way, who you want to be tomorrow, is solely dependent on what you do today, to make the former happen.
One should always utilise the time they have wisely and work towards who they desire to become and what they plan on accomplishing because mere words and dreams are not going to cut it for you, you need to work for it, and you need to work hard.
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When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees. ~ Joseph Joubert
Joubert has very beautifully explained the true essence of success and its worth, through this quote. Here he has compared success to honey, as it is the end product and tends to be sweet and desirable and has referred to failures and challenges as being stung by the bees.
If one wishes to extract honey, he/she will have to go through being stung by the bees and face risk and danger. And similarly, for one to be able to succeed in life and reach their goals and desires, one will have to face setbacks and challenges and even take risks, because without those, the former is not possible either.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. ~ Beverly Sills
Failures and mistakes are highly likely to disappoint you and sometimes even discourage you, but it is at that time that you have to rise above them and get up again and give your best again.
Failures might be disappointing, but not trying at all is the worst of all. Failing is at least a sign of you having tried, not trying at all, however, is the worst because you will never know the outcome because you simply did not even bother to attempt it.
The roughest roads often lead to the top. ~ Christina Aguilera
If you wish to achieve something great, you will have to work extremely hard for it, and also be ready to face a lot of hardships and challenges. Nothing great ever comes off easy to anybody anyways. This is why it is said here that the roughest roads often lead to the top, because the more you fall, the more you grow, and the more the chances of you succeeding.
You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you ~ Maxwell Maltz
Always remember that it is you who make mistakes, and never the other way round. Your mistake and failures don't define you or who you are, if anything, they are just a sign of you improving and growing.
Nobody is perfect, and everybody tends to make mistakes, but that does not mean that their mistakes define them. Instead, they shape them for the better.
Never run from the enemy, tackle them ~ Victoria Addino
Always face your enemy and fight them head-on, and never surrender, because putting effort and fighting and losing is never worse than simply giving up.
Similarly, instead of running away from your problems and hindrances, face them with all your might, regardless of what the outcome might be. You might either win and find a way out, or you might lose, but in loss, there are always chances of learning and developing.
You can have it all, just not all at the same time. ~ Betty Friedan
It is not humanely possible for one to have everything they want, especially all at once. You can have it all, but it will take time for things to come your way, the way you want them to, and they might not come to you at your convenience, but they will.
There might even be times when you don't get what you want, but that is just because that is the way life tends to work; everybody cannot always get everything they desire, and one needs to be content with all that he/she has, rather than being greedy for more.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. ~ Anna Quindlen
If what you are doing is not what you like, or isn't what you are passionate about, but is just what looks good to others, then it is futile even to attempt to do it because this way, you are never going to be able to succeed.
If you wish to succeed in life, you must make sure that you are doing what makes you happy and serves your best interests, and not what makes others happy; at the end of the day, it is you who has to live with the aftermath of all your decisions. Besides, if you don't truly live for yourself, you will not be able to be happy or satisfied with life in any way.
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If you think you can then you can. ~ Stephen Richards
If you believe in yourself and have enough faith in yourself, then nothing and nobody would be able to stop you; other people's actions or words and hindrances in life won't matter as long as you stay strong and never give up believing in yourself.
The most important factor to get closer to success is being aware of one's own value and have confidence in oneself, and if you have that, then nothing would be able to sidetrack you from your goals and ambitions.
What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich
A mistake or a failure in your eyes might look difficult to change or might even make you think that there would be no other way to turn that situation around, but there always is one; what you perceive as a failure today, is actually a chief aspect of growth and will help you in future to succeed and excel in life. This is why you should never get disheartened by a setback and should never give up. Always stay strong and confident and keep trying.
If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon ~ Po Bronson
The best shot at success one might have is never to expect too much too soon and not to accept less than you deserve either.
You should always only expect what you know you deserve, and nothing more than that because what you get is solely dependent on how much you have worked towards getting it. If you expect more than you know you deserve, then you are only going to end up disappointed.
Some say if you want success surround yourself with successful people. I say if you want true and lasting success surround yourself with people of integrity. ~ Charles F. Glassman
Surrounding yourself with successful people might not always ensure your success in life but being around people with integrity will. This is because successful people aren't necessarily true to themselves or others and aren't always righteous in their ways and actions. But the people of integrity tend to be truthful and dignified, which is why it is these kinds of people who can be of great help if you wish to achieve success in life, because their presence tends to influence one's actions and way of living in a rather positive and respectful manner.
Your life begins to change the day you take responsibility for it. ~ Steve Maraboli
One will be able to notice change, and the type, which is good, in their lives, as soon as they start taking responsibility for their own words and actions, and the way they live their life.
If you continue to pin the blame of the consequences of your own actions, then you won't really be able to grow in life as an individual.
Acceptance and responsibility are a sign of maturity and development, which is why they are two of the most essential factors of life, regardless of what stage you are on in your life.
You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. ~ Benjamin Franklin
This is a rather simple yet profound quote, which highlights the importance of waking up early, and respecting time in general.
If you wake up early and start your day actively and productively, the rest of your day is more likely to go well and efficient. It is a proved fact that people who start their day early by productive activities like meditation, exercise, fixing a schedule, etc., are more likely to succeed on a faster pace, than those who don't indulge in such activities.
Life's trials will test you, and shape you, but don't let them change who you are. ~ Aaron Lauritsen
There are going to be many hindrances and obstacles that one will have to face in life, and many setbacks and tests that life will present in front of one. But if one has to make sure that none of these change them into someone they are not; challenges and failures shape you into becoming a better version of yourself and help you improve, but you should never let them change your true essence, and lower your worth.
Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want. ~ Anthony Robbins
Success is about doing what you are passionate about, and what you like, not doing the things that others like or working according to other people. As long as you continue to live according to other people's expectations and ideas, you won't be able to give yourself space to grow or succeed.
Never let anybody else tell you how your ambitions or goals should be and never let anyone tell you how you are supposed to succeed in life; always be self-aware and confident, and keep doing your own thing.
No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part. ~ Tiger Woods
Regardless of how good you are at something, be it anything, there is always room for improvement, which means you can always get better at that! And that makes learning a never-ending process; why Woods has noted it as an exciting thing is because the more you learn, the more you grow, and the more you get exposed to new things in life.
Forget about style; worry about results. ~ Bobby Orr
More than worrying about the way of doing something and whether or not it looks good, you should focus on what its end product is going to be, because, at the end, the result matters more than the process.
Perfection' is man's ultimate illusion. It simply doesn't exist in the universe.... If you are a perfectionist, you are guaranteed to be a loser in whatever you do. ~ David D. Burns
The more you try to attain perfection, the more you are likely to get disappointed for perfection is merely an illusion that we tend to create when we are not satisfied or happy with the way things are. Sure, there are always chances of something to get better, but for it to get perfect, is simply irrational.
Always stay content with what you have and who you are, and you will grow in life.
When you know what you want, and you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it. ~ Jim Rohn
If you know what you want and if you are passionate and determined to get it, then there is nothing and nobody who would be able to stop you from getting it; you will always find a way to get it no matter what happens. But for that, you need to want it bad enough, with all your might, and you should be aware of your worth, and then you will get it.
To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success. ~ Henry Ford
You have to be willing to do more than what people have done for you, and to give more than to take, and only then will you be able to attain true happiness and success in life.
If you are less bothered about how much you get and simply focus on giving, and being kind and compassionate, then you would have mastered the true form of living.
Success is the best revenge. ~ Kanye West
If you wish to take revenge, then all you need to do is concentrate on your life and yourself, and focus on succeeding in life, and the other person will be more bothered than they would have been if you would have retaliated instead. The best way to take revenge is to not bother and do good in your own life, and that will automatically lead to the other person losing and you winning.
I don't do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you're already halfway down. ~ Tana French
French has very righteously referred to overthinking about failures and setbacks as a negative thing.
If you worry too much about the consequence of a challenge or a risk, or if you spend too much of your time and energy into over analysing mistakes and failures, then you would only be moving away from success instead of going towards it.
There is no tomorrow and there was no yesterday; if you truly want to accomplish your goals you must engulf yourself in today. ~ Noel DeJesus
The past has already happened, and you cannot change what you did or what took place yesterday, and the future is yet to come, and you don't know what tomorrow beholds for you. This is why one should always focus on the present and what they have today and what they should be doing today.
One needs to start working towards their goals from today, in the present, if they wish to succeed.
Once you bid farewell to discipline you say goodbye to success ~ Alex Ferguson
Discipline is knowing the right thing and doing it and having control and regulation over oneself. It is one of the key factors for achieving success, and naturally, if there is no discipline, success is not going to be there either.
Learn from your history, but don't live in it. ~ Steve Maraboli
Maraboli has passed on a quite simple yet profound message through this quote as he says the one should learn from their past but shouldn't be clouded by it and live in it.
Our past is something, from which we are supposed to learn; we should analyse the mistakes we made and the decisions we took in the past and be careful to not repeat those mistakes again in the present. And that is all we can do because the past is unchangeable. Therefore, one should learn from it and move on.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. ~ Dale Carnegie
When you get something that you have been wanting or accomplish your ambitions, you succeed in life; but when you feel content and satisfied with whatever it is that you get in life, only then does one tend to be truly happy.
Many people succeed when others do not believe in them. But rarely does a person succeed when he does not believe in himself. ~ Herb True
It is often the case that one succeeds and achieves his/her goals even after other people not believing in him/her, but it is almost never the case that one succeeds if they don't believe in themselves.
Whether or not other people believe in you is not of major importance. Instead, what matters the most is that you have faith in yourself and are confident and willing to do something because without self-awareness and confidence, it is next to impossible to chase after your dreams.
Great losses are great lessons. ~ Amit Kalantri
It is those failures and losses which seem to be the greatest and the most discouraging ones, that tend to be like a push towards success, because it is exactly these losses that tend to teach lessons of great value, which helps in the improvement and development of your character and personality.
There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that. ~ Bobby Orr
There are bound to be hindrances and setbacks at some or the other point in your life because life is not just about winning, it is also about learning and growing and if you never make a mistake or never lose, then how will you be able to grow or improve at all!
Every flower blooms at a different pace. ~ Suzy Kassem
Different flowers tend to bloom and grow at different paces by relying upon various factors. Similarly, every person tends to grow and succeed at a different speed in their lives. Some might get ahead than others, but that does not mean that the others are to be looked upon as inferior or smaller. Everyone is supposed to look at each other as an equal. Everyone is wired uniquely, and everyone has different goals and visions, and even more varied ways of reaching towards them.
Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about. ~ Alexandra Ripley
If you keep dwelling over the past and your mistakes, and keep overthinking about how things would have been; if you would have done something differently, or how you should or shouldn't have engaged in that particular action, then you are not going to be left with enough time to think about what you need to do next and how you need to do it.
This is why, instead of whining over the past, which is unchangeable, always focus on the present, because that is the only thing that is in your control.
It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? ~ Henry David Thoreau
Simply being busy is not enough because what matters the most is whether or not you are engaged in something that you like doing, whose aftermath would be worth it, and something that brings you closer towards your goals and towards success.
If you are busy doing something which isn't essential to your goals, then it is simply a distraction and not an investment of time in something that is worth it.
Optimists move through life with a happy exterior. What happens on the inside shows up on the outside. ~ Marilyn Suttle
Optimists always look on the brighter side of every situation and surround themselves as well as others with positive energies; they never miss out an opportunity.
Optimistic people always tend to have a happy exterior because they are happy from the inside, and what is on the inside, is reflected on the outside.
Beware of those who are bitter, for they will never allow you to enjoy your fruit. ~ Suzy Kassem
People who are bitter and are pessimistic about almost every situation and instance, are the ones that will take over the peace of your mind by their negative attitude, words, and actions. This is why it is always better to maintain your distance with such people because they are always looking for opportunities to bring other people down and fill their minds with negativity.
You cannot score a goal when you are sitting on the bench. To do so, you have to dress up and enter the game. ~ Israelmore Ayivor
Here, Ayivor is comparing success to a game of sports. For instance, in football, you wish to shoot a goal and earn points or win the game, then you will have to get up from the bench and get in the field to play. Similarly, if you wish to attain your goals and dreams, then you will have to do something about them, work for them, and take action to get to your goals.
Without struggle, success has no value. ~ Aaron Lauritsen
You might feel that struggling is difficult, which it is, but you should never forget that without struggle, your success would hold no value and it would not be considered as success in the first place. This is because if you didn't struggle and work hard for what you want, then you won't get it, and even if you do get something, but without working for it, then that would simply be regarded as charity or as something that was handed over to you, not something for which you fought and then got.
The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings. ~ Susan Cain
The easiest way to do something and be good at it, is to do it for your own sake and because you like doing it, or it captures your interest and attention; if you do something out of greed for its results and rewards, then you are not going to be able to enjoy it at all and that defeats the whole purpose of engaging into doing that thing.
When your intentions are pure, so too will be your success. ~ Charles F. Glassman
As long as your intentions and goals are pure and right, and you remain true to yourself as well as your dreams, then you are bound to succeed and the success is also guaranteed to be as pure as the intent behind it.
Know what you want and reach out eagerly for it. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita
To excel in life, you must know what you want from it and have a plan to get it. You should be thoroughly aware and sure of what you wish to achieve in life and how to plan on getting it, and then you should try to get it by working hard for it, investing your time and energy in it, and want it bad enough to get it.
Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time. ~ Josh Billings
Success is not about not making mistakes at all or not failing, rather, it is about not making the same mistake twice and not losing the same battle again; loss and failure are only inevitable and without them, there is not improvement, or growth in one's life.
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final. ~ Roger Babson
Success is never final in one's life, because there is always going to be room for improvement and more growth, and there is always the possibility of a better opportunity passing someone by. And similarly, failure is not final either, and it is not the end of anyone's chapter, rather, failure is only the beginning of success.
Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game! ~ Babe Ruth
You are not going to be able to win always, and there are also going to be instances where you lose, at times, even after putting your best efforts. But you should never get discouraged by losses and failures because they tend to act as a stepping stone for a successful life. Also, you should not participate because you are afraid of the result; rather than the outcome, the effort you put into and the sheer act of trying and participating tend to hold more value.
Success is not what you have done compared to what others have done. Success is what you have done compared to what you were supposed to do. ~ Tony Evans
If you keep on comparing your progress with that of others, then you aren't going to get ahead in life anytime soon. Instead of comparing what you do with what others do, compare what you do with what you used to and try to be a better version of your own self, rather than trying to be better than others.
Success is about being on a better level than the one you were on before, not about being ahead of somebody else.
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The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best ~ Russell Simmons
If you put in your honest efforts, are determined and passionate enough about what you are doing, are doing it with full focus as well as dedication, and all in all, give it your best shot, then you have nothing to worry about because success and happiness will follow.
Don't try to follow trends. Create them. ~ Simon Zingerman
Don't try to follow or copy trends or other people. Instead, go ad create your own trends and have people follow you. Be a leader, instead of blindly following one and have people follow you and idolise you and not the other way round.
Encouragement is like water to the soul; it makes everything grow. ~ Chris Burkmenn
Just like water helps plants to grow and nourishes them, encouragement and motivation play the same role in our lives as they help us grow and develop, thereby being the best version of ourselves.
It is therefore very much needed by everyone; just like you get a surge of motivation and get inspired by someone else, you should try encouraging others too.
Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey. ~ Orrin Woodward
More than the challenges and obstacles that you encounter in the journey of your life, the doubts and questions that stem inside your mind are dangerous because they tend to break you from the inside and make you question yourself and your worth.
Never late your inhibitions and doubts win over your confidence and self-awareness.
The choice to make good choices is the best choice you can choose. Fail to make that choice and on most choices you will lose. ~ Ryan Lilly
As long as you keep making good choices and the right ones, you have absolutely nothing to worry about because the outcome of making the right decision is always a good one. But if you make the wrong choices, especially after knowing that it isn't right, then the aftermath is bound to be bad too.
Let us waste no further time looking for the secret of success or the key to happiness. Already the door is open and whosoever will, may enter. ~ Ernest Holmes
There is no secret key or ingredient for success, for it merely requires one's honest and best efforts, dedication, and determination.
One does not need to look for the key to success because the door is already open, and all one has to do is enter and start working and acting, and they will find success.
Success is a decision, not a gift. ~ Steve Backley
Success is nor a gift and is neither going to be simply handed over to you in life and if that's the case, then it isn't success, it is charity. This is because to achieve success, you need to work for it, and you need to work hard, harder than ever, for it is not going to come to you, you will have to walk and run towards it with all your might.
Don't nourish your fears more than you nourish your hopes. ~ Steve Maraboli
Never let your fears and doubts win over your hopes and ambitions because they will break you down; always feed and nourish your hopes more and keep a positive mindset and fuel into your passion so that your doubts and inhibitions don't consume you.
Make sure that your soul is driven by your dreams and not failures.
Nothing makes a person desire improvement like failure ~ Chris Stocking
When you fail or make a blunder, it is only then when you have the ability to improve the most and have the desire to do so the most too because if you keep on excelling, then you will never come to know about the areas that need change and where you can do better.
This is why failures are an important milestone if you wish to succeed in life and are also pretty much inevitable, so instead of sulking over them, learn from them and try to do better.
For some people, their fear to lose is greater than their desire to succeed, so they end up doing nothing and their dreams become impossible. ~ Rodolfo Costa
When people let their fear of losing and the anxiety of the result get in the way of their desire and determination to succeed, it is then, when they tend to lose the fight just halfway to the battle of success. They let their doubts and inhibitions take a toll on them, which then makes them think that their goals are too hard to reach, and other such negative things.
If you can show people how to build castles, make sure you do not neglect building and nurturing your own. ~ Suzy Kassem
While trying to help other people reach their destination by encouraging them and by helping them to build their dreams, don't forget about the construction of your own dreams because people often tend to neglect their own things as they pay attention to that of others more.
In order to grow, I promise you'll have to let go of some habits. 10 times out of 10, they'll be the habits you're most in love with. ~ Brandi L. Bates
Growth requires dropping and sacrifice certain ways and habits that you tend to have in life, and most of the times, these habits are going to be the ones that you love the most. But just because you want or something or like it, does not necessarily mean that it is actually good for you or is needed for you.
One must let go of things that tempt them and tend to the things that they actually need in life if they wish to grow and excel.
The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become. ~ Simon Zingerman
The more profound, creative, and original your thoughts and ideas are, the more valuable they tend to become and the better you can envision your dreams and how you wish to achieve them. Detail and depth are also necessary while coming up with ideas or solutions because it is the same ones that are going to be shaping your actions later.
The noble-minded worry about their lack of ability, not about people's failure to recognise their ability. ~ Confucius
The people who are truly wise and noble will always think about how they can improve their abilities and talents, and how they can polish them and make them better, so as to utilise them better. They will never worry or overthink about whether or not somebody else is able to comprehend their abilities or if other people are happy or impressed by their way of doing things because the most important thing to them would be that they should be happy with themselves.
You cannot control the past. but you have control over the life you build going forward. ~ Nancy D. Butler
The past has already happened and cannot be undone or changed, and sulking over it seldom does any good to you. Instead, it will only take your focus from other important things and have you give yourself a hard time. This is why, rather than focusing on the past which is not in your control anymore, you should focus on the present and the future, which are in your control. You should think more about the life that you have to build ahead for yourself, rather than the one which is now history.
Erase self-doubt by working to build your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses. ~ Rodolfo Costa
If you are unhappy or not completely satisfied with some aspect of your life, then change it and do something about it rather than simply whining about it. And similarly, instead of being fixated on your weaknesses and sulking over them, try building your strengths and work on your weaknesses because doubting yourself and beating yourself down is not going to get you anywhere, but working on yourself definitely will.
Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success. ~ Mary Lydon Simonsen
Suppose you are determined and passionate about something, put in your best efforts and energy into it, invest your time correctly, keep on practising, and learn from your mistakes and downfalls instead of giving up. In that case, you are bound to achieve success in your life.
Do an evening review at the end of the day to reflect on what went well, and what you'd do differently next time. ~ Marilyn Suttle
This is a rather simple yet highly effective measure that would help one to grow and succeed in life.
Develop a habit of a daily check at the end of the day, to review how you spent it, what all activities you indulged in, and how you can do better the next day. This will not only help you note your areas of improvement but will give you a great chance of developing, along with managing time more efficiently.
Never let success get to your head and never let failure get to your heart. ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour
One should never let success boost their ego or make them cocky and arrogant; staying down to earth and humble after achieving success is the best way to utilise it and make good use of it.
And one should also never let failure dishearten them or weaken them for it is neither fatal nor final; rather, it is only the beginning of success a crucial part of it.
If you have time to whine then you have time to find solution. ~ Dee Dee Artner
If you have the time to whine and complain about a particular problem or situation, then you surely must have the time to look for a solution and get out of it. This is why it is important to make use of one's time wisely because time does not stop for anybody.
If you're always following the crowd, you will never truly know who you are. Walk your own path. ~ Julian Pencilliah
For you to find your true self and discover who you are and what your identity is, you need to walk alone, and pave your own path instead of simply going into the direction where everybody else is heading to; different people function differently because of which, someone else's dreams and passions might not match somebody else's, and to discover your own, you need to walk alone.
To soar, we must leave anything that weighs us down... ~ Saru Singhal
You cannot fly high in the sky if you have something heavy that is burdening you or is weighing you down. Therefore, if you wish to soar and excel, you need to drop everything and anything that brings you down and get rid of all kinds of negative energies and people and only surround yourself with sheer optimism and positivity.
Like everything in life, it is not what happens to you but how you respond to it that counts. ~ Steve Backley
What counts the most and matters the most how you handle and respond to a particular situation or a problem because it is then when an individual's true nature is revealed; the thing that happens to you or the situation that you are in don't conclude anything, but how you manage it tends to do so.
The secret code of success is patience, a virtue that cannot be replaced. It takes time to build great dreams. ~ Bernard Kelvin Clive
Patience is a virtue of utter importance; along with great efforts and hard work, building your dreams and fulfilling them also requires a great deal of patience because it takes time and not just work to achieve your goals.
Win or lose, you are trying, that's what matters. ~ Avina Celeste
The end product isn't what matters the most, rather, it is your efforts and the work you put into something that is the most important aspect of success. And as long as you work hard and wisely and stay true to yourself, success is bound to come your way.
Success is determined by how best you can utilise your time ~ Sunday Adelaja
Time is one of the most important determinants of success. If you utilise your time wisely and invest it into things and people who help bringing you closer towards your goals, then success is guaranteed to you. But if you waste your time by sulking over failures or mistakes, or by taking it for granted and disrespecting the true value of time, then time won't respect you either.
You can use the stumbling blocks to build your success. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Here, the stumbling blocks are being referred to as the obstacles and failures that one tends to face in the course of their life.
One can learn from their mistakes and make great use of these problems and challenges by utilising them to build your dreams and success.
Don't aim at success—the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. ~ Viktor E. Frankl
The more you aim at success only, the more likely you are to miss your target. Instead, make learning and growing your main target. Create a vision, work hard and give your best, learn from your mistakes and faults and make your aim being a better version of yourself than you were yesterday, instead of racing towards success.
Never give up on the fight until you win the belt. ~ Israelmore Ayivor
There are going to be numerous hindrances obstacles that will bring you down, but it is your responsibility to not let fallbacks discourage you from reaching your goals.
Never let your fears or failures stop you from succeeding in life, and always face them and fight them head-on; never give up and always keep fighting till you reach your destination.
Co-author: Khushi Shah
Khushi has just passed her school and is now studying at PDPU. Apart from writing, she likes to sketch and dance. She also has other blogs where she posts proses and poetry.
