Success Quotes

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

25498 quotes

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"Success is measured by character, not wealth."
Stephen Girard
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"The secret of success lies in the persistence of purpose."
Mark Hopkins
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"To cultivate excellence, one must cultivate the soul."
Mark Hopkins
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"Real success is measured by the lives we touch."
Mark Hopkins
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"The pursuit of excellence is never finished."
Mark Hopkins
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"Success without integrity is merely luck."
Mark Hopkins
J
"The market rewards those who understand human nature better than those who understand balance sheets."
Jay Gould
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"I have never believed in luck; only in calculation and execution."
Jay Gould
J
"The market cares nothing for your intentions, only your results."
Jay Gould
J
"The market respects only one thing: results."
Jay Gould
J
"The accumulation of wealth requires the willingness to be unpopular."
Jay Gould
J
"A successful monopoly is merely the logical endpoint of superior business."
Jay Gould
J
"Opportunity dances with those already on the floor."
James Fisk
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"The secret to great wealth is understanding what others do not yet see."
James Fisk
J
"The difference between genius and madness is a matter of timing and profit."
James Fisk
J
"A man without enemies has never attempted anything worthwhile."
James Fisk
"A man who cannot master his own resources deserves to be poor."
Charles Crocker
"The greatest investments often appear as folly to the uninitiated."
Charles Crocker
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"The man who builds and pushes his enterprise is bound to encounter countless obstacles. The question is whether he has the stamina to push through them."
Collis P. Huntington
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"The greatest fortunes are not made through luck, but through the systematic application of intelligence to opportunity."
Collis P. Huntington
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"The man who waits for perfect conditions will never build anything of significance."
Collis P. Huntington
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"I have built empires not through genius, but through relentless application of ordinary intelligence."
Collis P. Huntington
C
"The greatest investments are those that seem foolish to the contemporaries who witness them."
Collis P. Huntington
C
"Great men are not born; they are created through the friction of ambition and circumstance."
Collis P. Huntington
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"The man who seeks only profit has lost sight of true wealth, which is achievement."
Collis P. Huntington
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"The secret of my success has never been hidden; it is simply outworking and outwitting my competition."
Collis P. Huntington
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"The man who builds for eternity must first master the present."
Collis P. Huntington
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"The man who seeks balance has already surrendered to mediocrity."
Collis P. Huntington
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"I learned that the greatest advantage comes not from what you know, but from what your competitors do not."
Collis P. Huntington
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"Wealth is not merely the accumulation of gold, but the development of human potential."
Leland Stanford