Quotes About Success

His second novel spent one week on the bestseller list, sold forty thousand copies

His third never made the list, sold fifteen thousand copies, and was savaged by critics.

Ultimately, failure can be the father of success if one learns from the errors made.

It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized. I Ching, Hexagram 5, Hsü, Waiting (Nourishment)

Take charge of your life. Don't be afraid to pursue your dreams. Work hard and don't listen to anyone who says you can't, because you can and you will.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

an opportunity falls into your lap, accept it with confidence and pride, knowing that you've earned it.

There is, in fact, a primary driving force behind women's reluctance to see their ambition as a virtue.

Being an entrepreneur is a mental job... It takes patients! YOU are doing more motivation to yourself than anyone on this planet.

How many wisely conceived projects have failed and will fail in the future! How many insane projects have succeeded and will succeed!

And he added that prudence in no way assured us of success but consoled us and excused us in failure.

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.

Not aptitude....attitude is the criterion for success.

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.

Winning is taking the talent or potential you were born with, and have since developed, and using it fully toward a goal or purpose that makes you happy.

Winning is coming in fourth, exhausted and encouraged-because last time you came in fifth.

Your attitude is either the lock on or key to your door of success.

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy.

There are no shortcuts to success. Being successful requires knowledge, preparation and persistence.

Your natural gifts are the key to fulfilling your potential for success. Find your natural gifts, develop them and then use them to be the best you can be.

Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.

Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear.

Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall short of your potential.