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Quotes About Success

The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisdom is the essential basis of greatness.
~ Wallace D. Wattles
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
~ Brian Tracy
You will make some mistakes but, if you learn from those mistakes, those mistakes will become wisdom and wisdom is essential to becoming wealthy.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
Don't attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity's original, innate capabilities to become successful.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.
~ Plato
You don't have to have perfect wisdom to get very rich - just a bit better than average over a long period of time.
~ Charlie Munger
The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.
~ George Orwell
We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire.
~ John Dewey
Prosperity isn't defined by money alone; it encompasses time, love, success, joy, comfort, beauty, and wisdom.
~ Louise Hay
If you wish to enjoy a position, find ways of being useful, hard working and cooperative with the people whose favour has given you the position
~ Radhe Maa
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.
~ Pindar
'That is the story. Do you think there is any way of making them believe it?' ' Not in the first generation', he said, 'but you might succeed with the second and later generations.'
~ Plato
Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.
~ Abbott Lawrence Lowell
The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds - success.
~ Edmund Burke
Wisdom is the winner over good luck.
~ Juvenal
You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
~ Seneca the Younger
Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.
~ Will Rogers
Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wisdom overcomes fortune.
~ Juvenal
Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.
~ Alan Sugar
A dream with a deadline is a goal.
~ Jay Samit