success quotes

People think because I’ve got some success, I’ve made it, but in my eyes it’s like, ‚How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?‘ Not that I’m trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don’t want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

Well done is better than well said.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

I was an overnight sensation.

Well begun is half done.

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

I don’t think about that. I wasn’t a kid growing up saying one day I’ll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn’t on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Aim for the highest.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

I don’t know who I touch and who I don’t. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don’t have any secrets. I don’t know the reasons I’ve been so well received.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

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

Diligence is the mother of good luck.