Success Quotes

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

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"You fail only if you stop writing."
William Faulkner
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"Ambition is such a strange thing: it can be a blessing or a curse."
William Faulkner
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"Success is failure properly managed."
William Faulkner
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"Success means different things to different people—define your own."
Langston Hughes
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"I've learned that failure is just a step toward success."
Langston Hughes
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"Sometimes people give up when they are about to achieve success."
Ernest Hemingway
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"The very rich were different from other people."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Ambition is an interesting thing."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"The highest achievement in life is to overcome oneself."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"I have made my own way in this world, and I am proud of it."
Zora Neale Hurston
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"The trick is to work as hard as you possibly can—to achieve something."
James Baldwin
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"Success is not final, and failure is not fatal."
Pearl S. Buck
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"The successful man has thrust himself into the world, has ventured forth."
Sinclair Lewis
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"You can't build a great building on a weak foundation."
Sinclair Lewis
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"The greatest enemy of excellence is good enough."
Sinclair Lewis
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"Success is dangerous because we think it is a permanent condition."
John Steinbeck
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"A man may accomplish great things if he demands much of himself and little of others."
John Steinbeck
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"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends."
Ernest Hemingway
"Success is that old law. You succeed when you are pushed, when you are sick, when you are in love or inspired."
Theodore Dreiser
"To be successful, you must show up mentally and emotionally prepared to do battle."
Theodore Dreiser
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"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"So she lived in the valley of the shadow of ambition."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"The idea, the central idea of being superior because one's forebears have been rich."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"Every successful person has had to overcome defeat."
Edith Wharton
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"Age is not a matter of years, but of accomplishment."
Edith Wharton
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"The most successful people are those who are ready when opportunity comes."
Edith Wharton
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"A man must be miserable before he is prosperous."
Edith Wharton
"Success is never so interesting as struggle."
Willa Cather
"It's a queer thing about life - if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
Willa Cather