Quotes About Success

John F. Kennedy once said: 'The definition of happiness is the full use of your powers, along the lines of excellence.

What is luck, my friend?" Julian replied kindly. "It is nothing more than the marriage of preparation with opportunity.

Small Daily Acts of Greatness (SDAG).

Success and joy and inner peace don't just show up. You need to create them.

The people who get on in life are those who dream big dreams and then take whatever risks are necessary to bring their vision to life. They face their fears directly, get into the game and live their days with courage. They break through their fear doors, no matter how scared they feel. It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step?" I asked intuitively. "Precisely. And getting good at accomplishing little feats prepares you for realizing the big ones. So, to answer your question squarely, there is nothing wrong with mapping out a full range of smaller goals in the process of planning your bigger ones.

hard times do make better people. That in the middle of difficulty lives opportunity. And that each of us is built to win—in both work and life.

If you improve your health or your relationships or your professional knowledge only 1% each day, after one month this will amount to a 30% increase. After one year this will amount to a 365% increase. By devoting yourself to continuous improvement and excellence in minor ways each day, your life really can transform.

success is a journey, not a destination.

Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more and nothing less. The only thing standing between most people and their dreams is the fear of failure. Yet failure is essential to success in any endeavor. Failure tests us and allows us to grow. It offers us lessons and guides us along the path of enlightenment.

exceptional performers make phenomenal things happen to them.

Siempre había querido tener a alguien especial con quien compartir sus alegrías y sus éxitos y siempre había deseado equilibrar su ambición con su sueño de tener una familia.

Cada instante que dedicáis a algo que sabéis que es lo más correcto, y no lo más fácil, favorece vuestra entrada en el Salón de la Fama de aquellos que alcanzan grandes logros.

lo que el 95 % de los trabajadores llaman «comportamiento quisquilloso» acerca de un proyecto importante, la élite del 5 % de los creadores saben que no es más que el precio de la admisión en la élite mundial.

immediately before a great victory, one will often experience some form of difficulty. The key is to maintain your focus and keep on believing.

Lo cierto es que todas estas personalidades excepcionales son al principio gente corriente. Gente que, a través de una incesante práctica y un constante entrenamiento para adoptar hábitos diarios excepcionales, para desarrollar su capacidad de hacer frente a las tentaciones, consiguen hacerse más fuertes, hasta que la cultura los percibe como seres humanos con cualidades superiores.

Jonas Salk lo dijo mejor cuando escribió: «He tenido sueños y he tenido pesadillas. Superé mis pesadillas gracias a mis sueños»

Give your best, and the best will come to you. Guaranteed.

The only thing standing between most people and their dreams is the fear of failure.

Tennis great Billie Jean King said that pressure is a privilege

En una cultura de zombis cibernéticos adictos a la distracción y afligidos por la interrupción, el modo más sabio de garantizar la producción de resultados del más alto nivel en las áreas más importantes de vuestra vida profesional y personal es establecer una rutina matinal de gran calidad. La victoria comienza en vuestro principio. Y vuestras primeras horas son el momento en que se forjan los héroes.

Qué es la suerte, John? —replicó él afablemente—. Nada más que la suma de preparación y oportunidad.

So to be paid more money in your work, you must add more value to the world. And the best way to begin adding value to the world is to start becoming a more valuable person. Acquire skills no one else has. Read books no one else is reading. Think thoughts no one else is thinking. Or, to put it another way, you cannot have all that you want if you remain the person you are. To get more from life, you need to be more in life.

El éxito, como la felicidad, no debe perseguirse, sino seguirse