20 Beneficial Quotes For Those Striving Toward Success

Everyone seems to define success a bit differently. Maybe the reason for this is because success is something means something different to each individual depending on where they are in life. Is success shown through the tangible, or is it more focused on the intangible—or can it be both?
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1.

My definition of success is control.
—Kenneth Branagh
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2.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
—Winston Churchill
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3.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
—Greek Proverb
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4.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention luck are kidding themselves.
—Larry King
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5.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
—Bob Dylan
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6.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
—Josh Billings
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7.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
—Oscar Wilde
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8.

The person who starts our simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day’s task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.
—J. D. Rockefeller
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9.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
—Albert Schweitzer
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10.

You don’t pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success.
—Zig Ziglar
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11.

The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.
—James Yorke
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12.

There could be no honour in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
—T. E. Lawrence
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13.

You always pass failure on your way to success.
—Mickey Rooney
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14.

Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.
—Tom Peters
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15.

Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?
—Brendan Francis
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16.

It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.
—Walt Disney
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17.

It’s simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do.
—John R. Amos
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18.

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.
—Eric Thomas
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19.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what are doing, you will be successful.
—Albert Schweitzer
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20.

Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
—John Wooden
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