Success Quotes

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

25498 quotes

"I feel that I can be a useful woman though I am not a fine lady."
Louisa May Alcott
"Hard work is the path to success."
Louisa May Alcott
"The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Success built on dishonor is merely failure dressed in borrowed clothes."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Shallow men believe in luck; strong men believe in cause and effect."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The world belongs to the energetic."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Success is not the destination, but the journey undertaken with purpose and passion."
Washington Irving
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"The moment you embrace your uniqueness, you cease to compete with others and become unstoppable."
Washington Irving
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"Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed."
Emily Dickinson
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"Success is the permission to pursue what matters."
Edgar Allan Poe
"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
Mark Twain
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
Mark Twain
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"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."
Herman Melville
"The pursuit of excellence demands the sacrifice of mediocrity."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Self-trust is the first secret of success."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve itself."
Edgar Allan Poe
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"Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed."
Emily Dickinson
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"The greatest success is remaining true to your inner compass."
Emily Dickinson
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"A person is never so much on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune."
Washington Irving
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"The highest compliment that can be paid to a man is the confidence of his country."
Washington Irving
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"A man's success is measured not by the height he has risen, but by the obstacles he has overcome."
Washington Irving
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
Mark Twain
"To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence."
Mark Twain
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"To succeed, one must fail first—and fail often."
Herman Melville
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"Success without honor is a hollow victory."
Herman Melville
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"Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"There is always a dark side to any great achievement."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children is success."
Ralph Waldo Emerson