Quotes on the definition of success

Here is our collection of inspirational and thought-provoking quotes on success curated by the Hearfind review team.

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." -Henry David Thoreau

"I never dreamed about success, I worked for it." -Estee Lauder

"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don't quit." -Conrad Hilton

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." -Colin Powell

"The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere." -Barack Obama

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." -Franklin D. Roosevelt

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." -Herman Melville

"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better." -Jim Rohn

"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." -Colin R. Davis

"I failed my way to success." -Thomas Edison

"If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." -James Cameron

"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time." -Steve Jobs

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." -David Brinkley

"Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." -John Wooden

"Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value." -Albert Einstein

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." -John D. Rockefeller

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Quotes to Motivate You

Sometimes all we need are a few words to motivate us. Here at Hearfind we have compiled a great list of inspiring stories to encourage you every day.

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” – Joe Kennedy

“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” – Chris Grosser

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France

“Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them.” – Anonymous

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis

“Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

“Don’t wait for your feelings to change to take the action. Take the action and your feelings will change.” – Barbara Baron

“If you continue to think they way you’ve always thought, you’ll continue to get what you’ve always got.” – Kevin Trudeau

“Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.”– Benjamin Disraeli

“The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot.” – Benny Lewis

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” – Bill Gates

“Success comes from having dreams that are bigger than your fears.” – Bobby Unser

“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington

“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus

“You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.” – Booker T. Washington

“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” – Bruce Feirstein

“Never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”– Charles Dickens

“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” – Coco Chanel

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis

“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” – Dalai Lama

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.” – Dale Carnegie

“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley

“We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” – Earl Nightingale

“The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.” – Denis Watiley

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie

“Perfection is boring. Getting better is where all the fun is.” – Dragos Roua For plenty more motivating words, check out Hearfind today.