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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How to Beat the Mental Blocks to Happiness

We’re all on the road to finding happiness, one way or another, but sometimes we find roadblocks along the way. And sometimes, those roadblocks are of our own making. If you’re working towards something, odds are you may have come across one or more of these mental roadblocks, but don’t worry, we have tips on how to beat them.

Mental block #1 “I can’t do this.” Sometimes we face a mental block before we even get started, and that block comes in the form of self-doubt. We often think we’re not good enough, or simply can’t do something, but more often than not that’s not the case. To beat the “I can’t do this” mental block, start out slow, and if there are failures along the way think of each one as a stepping stone towards success.

Mental block # 2 “I don’t want to do this.” Once we get started, we may start wondering why we wanted to do something in the first place. Sometimes we even think we may have to do something, but don’t really want to do it. To beat this road block, it helps not to think of the task at hand, but the motivation behind it. Why are we doing it in the first place? The reminder is often enough to keep us going.

Mental block #3 “I’m not good at this.” Finally, while failures are only normal every once in a while, that doesn’t mean they don’t get to us, and leave us thinking we’re just not good at something. In times like these it helps to take a step back and look at overall progress. Sure, they may be slips and stumbles along the way, but there’s often an upward trend that gets overlooked.

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