Quotes About Success

If you want to get ahead, leading up is much better than kissing up." —DAN REILAND

la persona que sabe cómo, siempre tendrá un trabajo, pero la persona que sabe por qué siempre será el jefe.

Las personas se están preparando para el éxito cuando deberían estarse preparando para el fracaso. Fracasar es mucho más común que triunfar; la pobreza está más generalizada que la riqueza; y la desilusión es más normal que los logros.

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

People who make growth their goal—instead of a title, position, salary, or other external target—always have a future.

Success in your work will be greatly increased if the 3 R's (Requirements/ Return/Reward) are similar. In

We are all failures—at least, all the best of us are. —J. M. BARRIE W

The best way to develop rational, well-balanced confidence is to go after a few victories immediately following a failure.

Raymond Smith, former CEO and Chairman of the Bell Atlantic Corporation, once remarked, "Taking the safe road, doing your job, and not making any waves may not get you fired (right away, at least), but it sure won't do much for your career or your company over the long haul. We're not dumb. We know that administrators are easy to find and cheap to keep. Leaders—risk takers—are in very short supply. And ones with vision are pure gold.

ARE YOU CONTENT WITH THE STATUS QUO, OR ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE RISKS TO GAIN HIGHER LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT?

On the card is this statement: "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.

The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.

What's worse than training your people and losing them? Not training them and keeping them.

Albert Schweitzer wisely stated, "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." If you want to lead on the highest level, be willing to serve on the lowest.

The reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.

Después de más de cuarenta años de matrimonio, una larga y exitosa carrera de orador, décadas de trabajo como líder de organizaciones y vasta experiencia en la formación de muchas personas en los Estados Unidos y en docenas de otros países, puedo asegurarte que si deseas tener éxito, debes aprender a relacionarte con los demás.

Contentment is not a popular concept. Our culture actually discourages the idea. People are continually bombarded with the message, "What you have isn't enough. You need more—a bigger house, a better car, a larger salary, whiter teeth, sweeter breath, nicer clothes . . ." The list is endless. But the truth is that possessing healthy contentment is essential to being able to withstand failure. —Failing Forward DECIDE TODAY THAT WHAT YOU HAVE IS ENOUGH.

Leaders have to deal simultaneously with people issues and business issues, and they need to be able to do both effectively. That's an art. As you work to develop people, maintain a relational approach, valuing them and adding value to them. At the same time, do what you must to achieve a good bottom line.

Leaders who have reached the top of their profession or the top of their organization cannot take anything for granted. No matter how good they've been in the past, they still need to strategize, weigh decisions, plan, and execute at a high level.

You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard," says A. L. Williams. "You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation of success.

To be successful is to be helpful, caring, and constructive, to make everything and everyone you touch a little bit better. The best thing you have to give is yourself." If

Lazy people don't succeed.

The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you're going to fail. It's whether you're going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure).