Quotes About Success

Every man is enthusiastic at times. One man has enthusiasm for thirty minutes, another man has it for thirty days. But it is the man who has it for thirty years who makes a success in life.

Success is due less to ability than to zeal.

If you're not happy every morning when you get up, leave for work, or start to work at home, if you're not enthusiastic about doing that, you're not going to be successful.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

Man is still responsible. ... His success lies not with the stars, but with himself. He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

Pa, he always said a man had to look spry for himself, because nobody would do it for him; your opportunities didn't come knocking around, you had to hunt them down and hog-tie them.

He that would have fruit must climb the tree.

No one reaches a high position without daring.

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.

Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

There are a lot of fellas with all the ability it takes to play in the major leagues, but they never make it, they always get stuck in the minor leagues because they haven't got the guts to make the climb.

One of the biggest factors in success is the courage to undertake something.

The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. I think of my strawberry souffle. I did that at least twenty-eight times before I finally conquered it.

Excellence in any pursuit is the late, ripe fruit of toil.

In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

The great majority of successful business men and women have been and are possessors of strong personalities of the right sort, and by analyzing their climb to success it is amazing to discover how large a part good manners, good breeding, and correct behavior have had in helping them to win the goal.

Many people who wonder why they don't amount to more than they do have good stuff in them, and are energetic, persevering, and have ample opportunities. It is all a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts.

Success ... depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

It is abundantly clear that success tends to negate humility.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Character is the real foundation of all worthwhile success.