Succeeding In Life Quotes

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Booker T. Washington

Inspirational, Life, Success

Booker T. Washington (1901). “An Autobiography: The Story of My Life and Work, the Original Brought Up-to-date with Over Half a Hundred Full Page Photo and Halftone Engravings and Drawings by Frank Beard”

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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

William Jennings Bryan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1900). “The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan”

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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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.141, Vivekananda Kendra

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To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Tony Dorsett

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books

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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Confucius

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Benjamin Disraeli

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Bill Cosby

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Twitter post from Nov 18, 2009

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

Love, Inspirational, Life

Walden ch. 18 (1854)

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There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Christopher Morley

Inspirational, Life, Positive

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY (1922). “WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS”

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

Colin Powell

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.

Francis Chan

Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

Francis Chan (2013). “Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God”, p.92, David C Cook

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To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Life, Success

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Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

Robert Collier

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

Oscar Wilde

Success, Congratulations, Results

Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.68, Wordsworth Editions

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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Bill Gates

Inspirational, Success, Teacher

Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson (1996). “The Road Ahead”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.

Martha Stewart

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Discovering Everyday Good Things". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. June 2, 1995.

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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Essays "Circles" (1841)

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Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.

Marva Collins

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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