Successful People Quotes - Page 7

• There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Encouraging

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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  The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

  Dolly Parton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Sep 12, 2013

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  Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

  Babe Ruth

  Success, Baseball, Fear

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• 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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• Learn From Yesterday, Live for Today, hope for tomorrow.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Cute, Positive, Leadership

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• Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.

  Drew Houston

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  "The Era Of The #fumblebrag" by Caleb Garling, www.wired.com. March 26, 2015.

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• Successful people are the one's that create their own path, not follow someone else's.

  Behdad Sami

  Successful, People, Path

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2013

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• Successful people see an opportunity and they GO for it. They play bigger and go deeper into the circles of success. They don't hold back.

  Loral Langemeier

  Successful, Opportunity, Play

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• The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

  Michael Phelps

  Success, People, Inspire

  Michael Phelps (2012). “No Limits: The Will to Succeed”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• Successful people are always thinking about what they can do to move to the next level. Initiative is the drive to do it - to take the first step, and then the next step. The great thing about initiative - is that it's free and available to everyone.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Moving, Successful, Thinking

  Maria Bartiromo, Catherine Whitney (2010). “The 10 Laws of Enduring Success”, p.21, Crown Business

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• Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.

  Seth Godin

  Motivation, Business, Successful

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• The definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination. You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in their way, they will use them for stepping-stones and climb to new heights. People who succeed have a goal, a dream and make their plans and follow them.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Dream, Determination, Block

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• Successful people take big risks knowing that they might fall hard. But, they might succeed more than they ever dreamed, too.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Fall, Successful, Knowing

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 16, 2012

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• Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks.

  Napoleon Hill

  Successful, Opportunity, People

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.67, Penguin

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• You must do the things you think you cannot do.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Change, Positive

  You Learn by Living ch. 2 (1960)

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• The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Essays "Circles" (1841)

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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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• The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Hope

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• Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do. The successful people don't always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.

  William Makepeace Thackeray

  Life, Successful, People

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  We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• You can go as far as your mind lets you.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Success, Believe

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• Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

  Dr. Seuss

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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

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• Do one thing every day that scares you.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Positive, New Year

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