Successful Person Quotes

• Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.

  David Brooks

  Inspirational, Success, Future

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  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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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  Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success.

  Herman Cain

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

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• Success ... seems to be connected with action.

  Conrad Hilton

  Success, Perseverance, Mistake

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• Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

  Bruce Jenner

  Good Life, Moving, Good Day

  Bruce Jenner, Mark Seal (1999). “Finding the Champion Within: A Step-by-Step Plan for Reaching Your Full Potential”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• The truly successful person inspires others to do more than they have thought possible for themselves.

  Denis Waitley

  Successful, Inspire, Persons

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• A successful person allows his results to speak for him, not his mouth.

  Behdad Sami

  Successful, Mouths, Speak

  Twitter post from Aug 29, 2014

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• Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time.

  Denis Waitley

  Success, Time, Precious Stones

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• A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch.

  Kemmons Wilson

  Motivational, Success, Basketball

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• If you wake up deciding what you want to give versus what you're going to get, you become a more successful person. In other words, if you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.

  Russell Simmons

  Successful, Giving, Wake Up

  "Hip-hop philosopher". Interview with Lisa-Marie Klimas, www.seventeen.com. February 22, 2007.

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• Success: The successful person is willing to do what the unsuccessful person is not willing to do. Draw a profile of success in whatever you are choosing to improve. If you are willing to do what that profile demands, then you have a credible demand of success. If you are not willing to do that then it just will not be there for you. You can't have the one without the other.

  Hyrum W. Smith

  Success, Wisdom, Peace

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• How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Wise, Meaningful

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 15 June 2008

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• I found every single successful person I've ever spoken to had a turning point. The turning point was when they made a clear, specific unequivocal decision that they were going to achieve success. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50, and most people never make it at all.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Business, Successful

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Jun 07, 2014

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• The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.

  Chris Prentiss

  Successful, Path, Great Success

  Chris Prentiss (2008). “The Little Book of Secrets: Gentle Wisdom for Joyful Living”, p.81, BookBaby

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• A highly successful person is very focused on what they want to be doing. The weekend and the week look very similar: They are focused on creating the life they want.

  Penelope Trunk

  Successful, Weekend, Creating

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• Every successful person has faced, attacked, and conquered adversity somewhere along the way.

  David Cottrell

  Leadership, Monday, Morning

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• Becoming rich isn't as much about getting rich financially as about whom you become, in character and mind, to get rich. I want to share a secret with you that few people know: the fastest way to get rich and stay rich is to work on developing you! The idea is to grow yourself into a successful person. Again, your outer world is merely a reflection of your inner world. You are the root; your results are the fruits.

  T. Harv Eker

  Inspirational, Motivational, Character

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Dec 29, 2013

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• Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

  Seth Godin

  Inspirational, Fear, Smart

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• A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Successful, Maxwell

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You”, Thomas Nelson

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• The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Success, Commitment, Action

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• It doesn't matter if people are playing jazz or writing poetry. If they want to be successful, they need to learn how to persist and persevere and keep on working until the work is done... I bet there isn't a single highly successful person who has not depended on grit. Nobody is talented enough to not have to work hard, and that's what grit allows you to do.

  Jonah Lehrer

  Success, Hard Work, Writing

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• It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational Life, Successful, Preparation

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• Gold was not sure of many things, but he was definite about one: for every successful person he knew, he could name at least two others of greater ability, better, and higher intelligence who, by comparison, had failed.

  Joseph Heller

  Successful, Names, Two

  Joseph Heller (1997). “Good as Gold”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• Poor and most middle-class people believe "If I have a lot of money, I could do what I want and I'd be a success." Rich people understand, "If I become a successful person, I will be able to do what I need to do to have what I want, including a lot of money."

  T. Harv Eker

  Inspirational, Believe, Successful

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