To Motivate and Power You
Success Quotes:
“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.”
Booker T. Washington
For example, Thomas Edison had to go through about 1,000 unsuccessful attempts before he could create the first commercially practical incandescent light.
“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
For instance, consider Walt Disney, who faced multiple business failures before succeeding. His love for animation kept him going, eventually leading to the success of Disney.
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.”
David Frost
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
Winston Churchill
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill
“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”
Florence Nightingale
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
Robert Collier
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
Vidal Sassoon
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Colin Powell
Courage Quotes:
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
Mark Twain
Let’s look at Rosa Parks, who despite her fear, refused to give up her seat on a bus and stood up against racial segregation.
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
Muhammad Ali
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Winston Churchill
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
Take Malala Yousafzai, for instance. Despite threats and eventual harm to her life, she stood up for her right to education.
“The greatest test of courage on Earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
Robert Ingersoll
“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
J.K. Rowling
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
Maya Angelou
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.”
Steve Jobs
“In the end, it is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog that matters.”
Mark Twain
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.'”
Mary Anne Radmacher
Determination Quotes:
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.”
Colin Powell
An example is Elon Musk, who envisioned reusable rockets when no one else did. His determination led to SpaceX’s success.
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.”
Tommy Lasorda
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
Vince Lombardi
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
Albert Einstein
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain
J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter, started writing in cafes, often struggling with her baby daughter. Her determination to start and continue resulted in one of the most popular book series and film franchises.
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”
Og Mandino
“Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.”
Denis Waitley
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”
Colin R. Davis
“A determined person will do more with a pen and paper than a lazy person will accomplish with a personal computer.”
Catherine Pulsifer
“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
