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101 Success Quotes Worth Saving

Some ideas about success stay with you because they turn a big ambition into something simple: keep going, learn from the setbacks, and make the next move count. These success quotes from well-known writers, leaders, and thinkers are here for the moments when you need a little extra perspective.

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

— Robert Collier

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

— Winston Churchill

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

— Henry David Thoreau

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

— Dale Carnegie

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

— George S. Patton

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

— Maya Angelou

“Success demands singleness of purpose.”

— Vince Lombardi

“Success is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

— Colin Powell

“Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.”

— Christopher Reeve

“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

— John D. Rockefeller Jr.

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”

— Arthur Ashe

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

— Bo Bennett

“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”

— Dale Carnegie

“Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”

— Zig Ziglar

“Success is not the absence of failure; it is the persistence through failure.”

— Aisha Tyler

“Success is best when it’s shared.”

— Howard Schultz

“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.”

— Booker T. Washington

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

— Maya Angelou

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill

“Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.”

— Ambrose Bierce

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

— Earl Nightingale

“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.”

— Joyce Brothers

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have.”

— Zig Ziglar

“Success is the sum of details.”

— Harvey Firestone

“Success is not measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline.”

— Mike Ditka

“Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.”

— Marilyn vos Savant

“Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.”

— Shah Rukh Khan

“Success is when preparation meets opportunity.”

— Seneca

“Success is not in never failing, but rising every time you fall.”

— Confucius

“Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.”

— Al Bernstein

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill

“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.”

— Bill Gates

“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal.”

— Winston Churchill

“Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.”

— Colin Powell

“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.”

— Confucius

“Success is the child of audacity.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Success is the reward for doing things right.”

— John Wooden

“Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.”

— W. Clement Stone

“Success is often the result of ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”

— Zig Ziglar

“Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”

— John Wooden

“Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.”

— Bobby Unser

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated.”

— Robert Collier

“Success is the result of hard work and dedication to the job at hand.”

— Vince Lombardi

“Success is not just about making money. It is about making a difference.”

— Unknown

“Success has no shortcuts.”

— Unknown

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.”

— Albert Schweitzer

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

— Robert Collier

“Success depends upon getting good at what you do.”

— Unknown

“Success is built on consistency.”

— Unknown

“Success is a collection of small victories.”

— Unknown

“Success favors the persistent.”

— Unknown

“Success starts with showing up.”

— Unknown

“Success grows where effort is repeated.”

— Unknown

“Success is a habit, not an accident.”

— Unknown

“Success comes to those who keep moving forward.”

— Unknown

“Success begins when excuses end.”

— Unknown

“Success is built one decision at a time.”

— Unknown

“Success rewards those who prepare before the opportunity arrives.”

— Unknown

“Success is earned in the ordinary moments.”

— Unknown

“Success follows focused effort.”

— Unknown

“Success is a direction, not a finish line.”

— Unknown

“Success becomes possible when persistence becomes stronger than doubt.”

— Unknown

“Success grows from the courage to begin.”

— Unknown

“Success is found in the work you are willing to repeat.”

— Unknown

“Success is a choice to keep learning.”

— Unknown

“Success is what happens when preparation meets persistence.”

— Unknown

“Success comes when you refuse to let one setback define the journey.”

— Unknown

“Success begins with a goal and grows through action.”

— Unknown

“Success is easier to find when your effort has a purpose.”

— Unknown

“Success is a long conversation between effort and opportunity.”

— Unknown

“Success is built by people who keep their promises to themselves.”

— Unknown

“Success becomes real when intention turns into action.”

— Unknown

“Success asks for patience as much as ambition.”

— Unknown

“Success is rarely one big moment; it is usually many small ones.”

— Unknown

“Success grows when discipline becomes part of the routine.”

— Unknown

“Success rewards the person who is willing to start before feeling ready.”

— Unknown

“Success is knowing what matters and giving it your best.”

— Unknown

“Success is the courage to continue after the easy path disappears.”

— Unknown

“Success starts with the decision to try.”

— Unknown

“Success comes from making progress even when it feels small.”

— Unknown

“Success is built on the lessons you choose to keep.”

— Unknown

“Success is what you build while nobody is watching.”

— Unknown

“Success is a reflection of what you do consistently.”

— Unknown

“Success becomes easier when you stop waiting for perfect conditions.”

— Unknown

“Success is the product of preparation and persistence.”

— Unknown

“Success is a journey made meaningful by the people you help along the way.”

— Unknown

“Success is learning to turn obstacles into opportunities.”

— Unknown

“Success is measured by progress, not perfection.”

— Unknown

“Success is the confidence that comes from keeping promises to yourself.”

— Unknown

“Success is created in the choices you make every day.”

— Unknown

“Success is the reward for staying committed when motivation fades.”

— Unknown

“Success is the ability to make progress without needing applause.”

— Unknown

“Success grows when your standards become stronger than your excuses.”

— Unknown

“Success is built slowly, but it can change everything.”

— Unknown

“Success comes from doing today what your future self will thank you for.”

— Unknown

“Success is not about being better than someone else. It is about becoming better than you were yesterday.”

— Unknown

“Success is the freedom to become the person you were meant to be.”

— Unknown

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

— Robert Collier

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