Success Quotes

Success means different things to different people. These quotes redefine what it means to truly succeed.

25498 quotes

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"The pressure to succeed prematurely often produces failure in its stead."
Bruno Bettelheim
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"Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue."
Victor Frankl
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"To acquire a sense of purpose and to maintain it throughout one's life is perhaps the greatest success."
Victor Frankl
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"The pursuit of success distracts us from the pursuit of meaning."
Victor Frankl
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"The drive for success often masks a deep fear of inadequacy."
Karen Horney
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"Abundance emerges from cooperation"
Pierre Clastres
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"Worth is measured by generosity, not wealth"
Pierre Clastres
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"Success should not be pursued; it should ensue as the consequence of working for a meaningful cause."
Victor Frankl
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"Self-actualization cannot be a goal by itself, for the more directly we aim at it, the more surely we will miss it."
Victor Frankl
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"True success is measured by whether you lived with meaning and purpose."
Victor Frankl
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"Progress is not universal; what advances one society may impoverish another."
Louis Dumont
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"Accumulation is the enemy of equality."
Pierre Clastres
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"Success measured in accumulation is a form of poverty."
Pierre Clastres
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"Success achieved at the cost of principles is merely failure in disguise."
Pierre Clastres
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"Every institution serves a purpose in the larger social structure"
Bronislaw Malinowski
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"Success in any endeavor requires understanding the culture within which it operates"
Bronislaw Malinowski
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"Liminality is not pathology but a necessary condition for growth and transformation."
Victor Turner
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"The creature that wins is the creature that manages the larger context"
Gregory Bateson
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"Success requires understanding context"
Gregory Bateson
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"Prestige is more precious than wealth in societies that understand what truly matters."
Bronislaw Malinowski
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"Success is measured not by individual achievement but by cultural contribution."
Alfred Kroeber
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"Progress is measured by increased understanding, not increased comfort."
Alfred Kroeber
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"The creature that wins is the one that manages to organize itself."
Gregory Bateson
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"Success is learning to swim with the current rather than against it."
Gregory Bateson
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"We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."
Margaret Mead
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"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."
Margaret Mead
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"Success is the measure of will."
Oswald Spengler
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"Success requires sacrifice."
Oswald Spengler
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"Success is measured not by dominance but by contribution to the whole."
Gregory Bateson
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Arnold Toynbee