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116 Go-Getter Quotes About Success

October 10, 2023 //  by Lauren Du Plessis

Achieving success in different areas of life isn’t always as easy as it seems! It’s believed that six of the vital pillars of victory are: passion, preparation, integrity, perseverance, courage, and discipline. Drawing from these key areas, allow us to inspire your learners to chase their dreams and go after those goals with 116 quality quotes about success! Ready, set, go! 

1. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill

2. “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

3. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” —Roy T. Bennett

4. “Success is not something you pursue. Success is something you attract by the person you become.” —Jim Rohn

5. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” —Maya Angelou

6. “Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” —Orison Swett Marden

7. “Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” —Aisha Tyler

8. “Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.” —Arthur Ashe

9. “Success is not about being the best. It’s about always getting better.” —Behance

10. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” 

Robert Collier

11. “Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.” —Alex Noble

12. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” —Bill Gates

13. “Success is not just what you accomplish in your life, it is about what you inspire others to do.” —Unknown

14. “Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do. It is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.” —Zig Ziglar

15. “Success is not how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.” —Steve Prefontaine

16. “Success is not about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” —Michelle Obama

17. “Success is not a destination, but the road that you’re on. Being successful means that you’re working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That’s living your dream.” —Marlon Wayans

18. “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal.” —Earl Nightingale

19. “Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” —Reggie Leach

20. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt

21. “Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got this.” —Chantal Sutherland

22. “Success is not what you have, but who you are.” —Bo Bennett

23. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” —Steve Jobs

24. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” —Sam Levenson

25. “The road to success is always under construction.” —Lily Tomlin

26. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —C.S. Lewis

27. “The only true measure of success is the amount of joy we are feeling.” —Abraham Hicks

28. “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” —Booker T. Washington

29. “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.” —Colin Powell

30. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” —Pele

31. “The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.” —Unknown

32. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill

33. “Success is not the key to success. You must have the key of determination, and the key of hard work, and the key of passion for what you do.” —Anonymous

34. “Success is not about being better than someone else, it’s about being better than you used to be.” —Wayne Dyer

35. “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” —John D. Rockefeller Jr.

36. “Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pockets.” —Anonymous

37. “Success is not for the chosen few, but for the few who choose.” —Anonymous

38. “Success is not a destination, but a journey. It’s the process of continually moving forward.” Tony Robbins

39. “Success is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them.” —Steve Maraboli

40. “Success is a state of mind. If you want to be successful, start thinking of yourself as a success.” —Dr. Joyce Brothers

41. “Success is not achieved by the number of hours you work, but by the quality of your work.” Dr. Radhakrishnan

42. “Success is not a destination, it’s a journey. It’s a process of constantly improving yourself, every day.” —Anonymous

43. “Success is not about being perfect, it’s about always improving and learning.” —Anonymous

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44. “Achievement requires relentless effort, dedication to your duty, and the resolution that, regardless of winning or losing, we have committed our best to the task at hand.” —Vince Lombardi

45. “Embarking on the road to accomplishment requires significant, determined steps.” —Tony Robbins

46. “The differentiating factor between an accomplished person and others is not a shortage of strength or knowledge, but a deficiency in determination.” —Vince Lombardi

47. “Although I can’t provide you with a certain recipe for success, I can tell you a recipe for failure: trying to please everyone all the time.” —Herbert Bayard Swope

48. “Success can be measured by falling nine times and rising ten.” —Jon Bon Jovi

49. “Achievement is not a one-time event. It comes in parts; you receive a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the complete package is delivered. The day you delay, you lose that day’s achievement.” —Israelmore Ayivor

50. “Accomplishment is directing the full force of all you embody on what you intensely aspire to attain.” —Wilfred Peterson

51. “Accomplishment is the offspring of audacity.” —Benjamin Disraeli

52. “The best counterattack is enormous success.” —Frank Sinatra

53. “To achieve, we must first trust that we are capable.” —Nikos Kazantzakis

54. “Achievement is not about never making errors but not repeating them.” —George Bernard Shaw

55. “Achievement is about utilizing the best we can with what we possess. It is in the doing, not the receiving; in the trying, not the victory. Achievement is a personal standard, aspiring for the best within us, becoming all we can be.” —Zig Ziglar

56. “The fundamental key to all achievements lies in action.” —Pablo Picasso

57. “Accomplishment is not about what you possess, but about who you are.” —Bo Bennett

58. “Unbeatable combination for achievement involves patience, persistence, and sweat.” —Napoleon Hill

59. “There are no undisclosed strategies to success. It is the outcome of preparation, labor, and learning from failure.” —Colin Powell

60. “Achievement is a result of persistent effort.” —Greek Proverb

61. “All pathways leading to success must at some point cross the hard work boulevard.” —Eric Thomas

62. “The secret behind your success is determined by your everyday schedule.” —John C. Maxwell

63. “Achievement is not measured by your ascension but by how many people you have assisted in their ascent.” —Wil Rose

64. “Success is often found by those too busy to seek it.” —Henry David Thoreau

65. “In life, you need two elements to succeed: ignorance and confidence.” —Mark Twain

66. “Achievement lies not in possession, but in action.” —Coach John Wooden

67. “Strive not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value.” —Albert Einstein

68. “Achievement means getting what you desire. Happiness is desiring what you have.” —Dale Carnegie

69. “Achievement is not built on prior successes. It’s built on failures, frustrations, and sometimes catastrophes.” —Sumner Redstone

70. “The triumphant warrior is an ordinary individual with laser-like focus.” —Bruce Lee

71. “Your accomplishment and contentment lie within you. Resolve to maintain happiness, and your joy and you shall form an invincible alliance against challenges.” —Helen Keller

72. “Achievement is the sum of intricate details.” —Harvey S. Firestone

73. “Always keep in mind that your determination to succeed is more crucial than any other factor.” —Abraham Lincoln

74. “Permanent success is achieved without compromising your principles.” —Walter Cronkite

75. “The secret to success is turning your job into a holiday.” —Mark Twain

76. “Accomplishment lies in finding satisfaction in giving slightly more than you receive.” —Christopher Reeve

77. “Accomplishment means worrying about every conceivable thing in the world, except money.” —Johnny Cash

78. “Achievement is attained by amplifying our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.” —Marilyn vos Savant

79. “The only place where achievement precedes work is in the dictionary.” —Vidal Sassoon

80. “Don’t hesitate to abandon the good in pursuit of the great.” —John D. Rockefeller

81. “Do not feel shamed by your failures, learn from them and start afresh.” —Richard Branson

82. “Holding on when others have let go is often the path to achievement.” —Unknown

83. “The secret to success is possessing knowledge that nobody else does.” —Aristotle Onassis

84. “Success extends beyond personal gain; it’s about making a difference.” —Unknown

85. “Success is not just the act of winning, but having the courage to start the race.” —Unknown

86. “The foundational stones for balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love, and loyalty.” —Zig Ziglar

87. “The measure of success lies not in having a challenging problem to deal with, but in whether it’s the same problem you had in the previous year.” —John Foster Dulles

88. “Success is a science; if you meet the conditions, you attain the result.” —Oscar Wilde

89. “To be successful, act big, think big, and speak big.” —Aristotle Onassis

90. “The ladder of success is never overpopulated at the peak.” —Napoleon Hill

91. “Achievement is not so much about what we possess as it is about what we are.” —Jim Rohn

92. “Achievement is more influenced by attitude than aptitude.” —Unknown

93. “Preparation meeting opportunity defines success.” —Bobby Unser

94. “Success is a journey, not a destination. The process usually outweighs the result.” —Robin Sharma

95. “The key to achievement is not in attaining but in maintaining enthusiasm.” —Malcolm Forbes

96. “Success isn’t about good luck, it’s about managed thoughts, focused attention, and deliberate actions.” —Unknown

97. “The journey of achievement begins with the first step.” Lao Tzu

98. “Constancy of purpose is the secret of success.” —Benjamin Disraeli

99. “To succeed, you need something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” —Tony Dorsett

100. “Success doesn’t come from perfect execution on the first try but from relentless persistence.” —Unknown

101. “Success is not an event that happens to you; it’s something that occurs as a result of your actions.” —Grant Cardone

102. “It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing.” —Mark Cuban

103. “Success is not just about income. It’s about impact.” —Melanie Perkins

104. “Success is about creating value.” —Candace Carpenter

105. “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” —Oscar Wilde

106. “Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.” —Al Bernstein

107. “Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it.” —Tennessee Williams

108. “All success starts with self-discipline. It’s the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” —Elbert Hubbard

109. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” —Beverly Sills

110. “Success is a decision, not a gift.” —Peter Drucker

111. “I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.” —George Patton

112. “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.” —Barack Obama

113. “Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.” —Orison Swett Marden

114. “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.” —David Bly

115. “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” —Shiv Khera

116. “Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.” Orison Swett Marden

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