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30 Famous Quotes That Will Inspire Success In You
The definition of success is different for everyone, whether it’s personal or professional we are always looking at improving in some area of our life. We all need some inspiration from time to time and that is why we have compiled a list of famous inspirational quotes that will help contribute to your success.
30 Famous Success Quotes
1. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.”
Dhirubhai Ambani
2. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”
Mark Caine
3. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Tony Robbins
4. “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
Audre Lorde
5. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Mark Twain
6. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
7. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas A. Edison
8. “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know & start charging for it.”
Kim Garst
9. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
David Brinkley
10. “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Steve Jobs
11. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
12. “Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.”
Roger Babson
13. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
14. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
Mark Twain
15. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
Vince Lombardi
16. “Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, success is yours.”
Kelly Kim
17. “I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.'”
Katherine Dunham
18. “Really it comes down to your philosophy. Do you want to play it safe and be good or do you want to take a chance and be great?”
Jimmy J
19. “It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
J. K Rowling
20. “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
21. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman
22. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
Bruce Lee
23. “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”
Swami Vivekananda
24. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
Dale Carnegie
25. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
Jim Rohn
26. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”
Ayn Rand
27. “If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it – teach yourself to be impatient.”
Gurbaksh Chahal
28. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”
Robert Kiyosaki
29. “If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!”
T. Harv Eker
30. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
We hope you enjoyed this collection of Famous Success Quotes. Do you have any Famous Quotes that we missed out on this list? please leave it in the comment of this post.
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Article By Joel Brown | Addicted2Success.com
Michelle Obama, wife of former United States President, Barack Obama, an American lawyer and writer, a former First Lady of the United States of America, a mom, an author and a style icon. In the eight amazing years that she served as the First Lady of the United States of America, she managed to become an inspiration for women all across the globe.
She has always spoken and worked towards equal rights for women, education for girls and healthy living. She is the proper definition of the modern-day revolutionary woman. Over the last couple of years, she has been encouraging people everywhere with her incredible words of wisdom and motivation. Every single person – young or old, is sure to take inspiration and motivation from her words.
Here are 30 quotes spoken by Michelle Obama:
1. “When they go low, we go high.”
2. “Success isn’t about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.”
3. “Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.”
4. “The only limit to the height of your achievement is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.”
5. “Being a healthy woman isn’t about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline. We need to start focusing on what matters – on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.”
6. “As women, we must stand up for ourselves. As women, we must stand up for each other. As women, we must stand up for justice for all.”
7. “No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you are BEAUTIFUL.”
8. “Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.”
9. “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contribution of half of its citizens.”
10. “You don’t have to say anything to the haters. You don’t have to acknowledge them at all. You just wake up every morning and be the best you can be. And that tends to shut them up.”
11. “Instead of letting your hardships and failures discourage or exhaust you, let them inspire you. Let them make you even hungrier to succeed.”
12. “Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.”
13. “When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous.”
14. “Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.”
15. “Choose people who lift you up.”
16. “The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.”
17. “Don’t be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered.”
18. “Just do what works for you because there will always be someone who thinks differently.”
19. “Every girl, no matter where she lives, deserves the opportunity to develop the promise inside of her.”
20. “Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar.”
21. “Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. Trust your instincts, good relationships feel good, they feel right, they don’t hurt.”
22. “The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.”
23. “Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.”
24. “I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own moral compass – then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.”
25. “Changing the big picture takes time… and the best thing to do is focus on the things that we can make in our lives. If we’re doing all that – that becomes the collage of real change.”
26. “People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.”
27. “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.”
28. “You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.”
29. “I am an example of what is possible when girls from the beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.”
30. “If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn’t be here. I guarantee you that.”
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vinod chandy
Oct 5, 2015 at 7:02 am
Every second occuring lightning corrects it’s path to victory.
RAJA KUMAR
Sep 29, 2015 at 9:40 am
life is a blank page. everyone holds a pen and writes its own story in his own way.this should be the motto of life.
ibragim
Aug 21, 2015 at 2:07 pm
If you born poor it is not your mistake but if you die poor it is your mistake.
Niphet
Jul 17, 2015 at 8:50 am
Very interesting,
Dilip carpenter
Jul 2, 2015 at 9:36 am
Never worry about the delay of your success
ilyas
Jul 2, 2015 at 9:31 am
nice collection of famous quotes thanks for share
Emalie
Jun 23, 2015 at 11:49 am
Just because you failed does not mean you are a failure
Ali Hassan Kambere
Jun 19, 2015 at 10:20 am
Thank you for theses inspiring quotes…….really great!!
Gerry
Jun 3, 2015 at 2:16 pm
If we dream, then we dream. What if our dream is to not dream, do we achive it?
Ali Hassan Kambere
Jun 19, 2015 at 10:25 am
then you are in the process of achieving your dream but not while dreaming…
Kamogelo
Jun 2, 2015 at 7:25 am
“the secret of perfection lies in learning to do something right and doing it right every single time”Master Mokgomo
Boris
Jun 2, 2015 at 3:52 am
He who fully succeeds , succeeds! He who half succeeds, succs!
Adefemi Ismail Idowu
May 28, 2015 at 11:02 am
we know what we are but know not what we may be
Ojo Oladapo Joshua
May 17, 2015 at 5:39 pm
I like to read from you wealth experience
emmanuelmiracles
Apr 19, 2015 at 11:31 am
Great inspirors kudos to them all…wish you send me more
Oyekunle Samson
Apr 15, 2015 at 5:30 pm
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.Albert Einstein.
grace harun
Apr 6, 2015 at 8:00 am
i am highly thankful. and mostly 9. may God bless you and increase you. i am gonna be great just on the way. then i’ll come to say hi. thank you.
karen
Apr 5, 2015 at 12:56 am
Stephen Hawking: Intelligence is the ability to accept change
sandhyajain
Apr 1, 2015 at 2:20 pm
I need many more inspiring sayings……..thank you.
Vishal Garg
Mar 25, 2015 at 6:28 pm
A Piece Of Paper Can’t Decide My future by Thomas Elva Edison
Carole
Mar 17, 2015 at 12:13 pm
Nice read..very inspiring
Mine: The more you sleep….the more you sleep!