Quotes About Success

Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude.

If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.

Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally. They practice daily disciplines. They implement systems for their personal growth. They make it a habit to maintain a positive attitude. At

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.

You could use the 80/20 rule. Give 80 percent of your effort to the top 20 percent (most important) activities. Another way is to focus on exceptional opportunities that promise a huge return. It comes down to this: give your attention to the areas that bear fruit.

No, none of these things are the key. When it comes right down to it, I know of only one factor that separates those who consistently shine from those who don't: The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. Nothing else has the same kind of impact on people's ability to achieve and to accomplish whatever their minds and hearts desire.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

Nobody achieves anything great by giving the minimum. No teams win championships without making sacrifices and giving their best.

Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal.

Nobody finishes well by accident.

Everyone enjoys being inspired. But here's the truth when it comes to personal growth: Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That's the Law of Consistency. It doesn't matter how talented you are. It doesn't matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.

If you want to be a leader, the good news is that you can do it. Everyone has the potential, but it isn't accomplished overnight. It requires perseverance.

The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others. You cannot produce consistently on a level higher than your leadership. In other words, your leadership skills determine the level of your success-and the success of those who work around you.

The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be.

Leaders see everything with a leadership bias. Their focus is on mobilizing people and leveraging resources to achieve their goals rather than on using their own individual efforts. Leaders who want to succeed maximize every asset and resource they have for the benefit of their organization. For that reason, they are continually aware of what they have at their disposal.

Preparation (growth) + Attitude + Opportunity + Action (doing something about it) = Luck

The Right Thought plus the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = the Right Result

What's true for a teammate is also true for the leader: If you don't grow, you gotta go.

Sometimes we are afraid because success puts pressure on us to continue to succeed.

Today Matters People create success in their lives by focusing on today. It may sound trite, but today is the only time you have. It's too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow. That's why today matters.

As a leader, you don't earn any points for failing in a noble cause. You don't get credit for being "right" as you bring the organization to a halt. Your success is measured by your ability to actually take the people where they need to go. But you can do that only if the people first buy into you as a leader.

Action is what converts human dreams into significance.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don't want to make mistakes.

If at First You Do Succeed, Try Something Harder