Top-35 inspiring quotes for success

Masha Karan

December 5, 2015

Sometimes a few words of wisdom can inspire you to succeed, awaken your ambitions and encourage you to take action.

We have gathered a small collection of 35 inspiring quotes and proverbs to set your mood for success.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.” – Rosa Parks
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar
“Strive not to be a man of success, but rather to be a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
“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
“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” – Latin Proverb
“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” – William Clement Stone
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
“You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
“Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.” – Ancient Indian Proverb
“Fall seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.” – Aristotle
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” – Leonardo da Vinci
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”- Jamie Paolinetti
“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.” – Chinese Proverb
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
“Dream big and dare to fail.” – Norman Vaughan
“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” − Nora Roberts
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” − George Bernard Shaw
“Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.” −Bruce Barton
““The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” – Bill Copeland
“If you’re not willing to risk, you cannot grow. If you cannot grow, you cannot be your best. IF you cannot be your best, you cannot be happy. If you cannot be happy, what else is there?” – Les Brown
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”- Richard Branson
“You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.”- Robin S. Sharma
“The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.” – Brian Tracy
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston S. Churchill