Success Quotes
Success means different things to different people. These quotes redefine what it means to truly succeed.
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"Success measured only in achievement misses the point of living."Carson McCullers
"Success is never about the destination but the journey itself."Eudora Welty
"The secret to all victory lies in the organization of the nonobvious."Cormac McCarthy
"The only real failure is not trying to understand yourself."David Foster Wallace
"Success is only a matter of luck, ask any failure."Saul Bellow
"The most important thing in life is not what happens to you, but what you make happen."Norman Mailer
"The key to success is persistence."Norman Mailer
"The pursuit of excellence should be relentless."Norman Mailer
"Some people are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."Joseph Heller
"Success is a journey, not a destination."Joseph Heller
"The only success that matters is the success of your conscience."Cormac McCarthy
"Ambition is the desire to escape one's origins."Philip Roth
"Giftedness is like a flawless gem that comes pre-cut and can't be modified."David Foster Wallace
"The real competition in life is with yourself, not with others."David Foster Wallace
"We live in a culture that worships success without understanding what success means."David Foster Wallace
"Success often corrupts the very soul it was meant to elevate."Saul Bellow
"Fortune favors the bold, but ruins the reckless."Saul Bellow
"Success is failing less frequently than your competitors."Joseph Heller
"Ambition is the last refuge of the failure."Norman Mailer
"Success is the by-product of people doing what they do best."Norman Mailer
"We are in the self-promotional business whether we like it or not."David Foster Wallace
"Success is like a liberation, or like a cloud that removes a shadow."Saul Bellow
"Nobody does anything well unless they really love doing it."Saul Bellow
"Success is often the result of sheer stubbornness and refusal to accept defeat."Joseph Heller
"Success is measured differently by everyone, and that's the problem."Joseph Heller
"Ambition without talent is like a ship without a rudder."Philip Roth
"Success is the most boring thing in the world."Norman Mailer
"The price of success is to be able to live in the world."Norman Mailer
"Success is finding your purpose"Allen Ginsberg
"Make your soul grow. Don't work on making money or getting ahead."Kurt Vonnegut