Inspirational Quotes for Success:
Inspirational Quotes for Success: Success is a loaded word because it means so many different things to different people. We often look for advice from “successful” people. What we’re really interested in is the journey — how the person became successful. It’s important to remember that success takes work and that no one simply woke up successful.
From Henry Ford to Coco Chanel, Bestow searched for the best advice in love, family, money, and life in general from successful people. Check out these 90 success quotes when you’re a little discouraged or just need a little life boost.
Success in Life
1. “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” —Maya Angelou
2. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” —Walt Disney
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3. “Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller
4. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill
5. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” —Ayn Rand
6. “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” —Mark Twain
7. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” —Mae West
8. “Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. “Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.” —Vera Wang
10. “Do what you can, with all you have, wherever you are.” —Theodore Roosevelt
11. “Fall seven times, and stand up eight.” —Japanese Proverb
12. “It’s better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation.” —Herman Melville
13. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” —Billie Jean King
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14. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” —Arnold Palmer
15. “Compete with yourself, not with others.” —Sophia Amoruso
Success in Your Career
16. “If you look really closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” —Steve Jobs
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17. “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” —Estee Lauder
18. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” —Unknown
19. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.” —Oprah Winfrey
20. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” —Thomas Jefferson
21. “Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou
22. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” —Unknown
23. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
24. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” —Peter Drucker
25. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” —Beverly Sills
26. “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” —Tony Hsieh
27. “There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.” —Brené Brown
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28. “Success comes to those who are too busy to look for it.” —Henry David Thoreau
29. “You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do.” —Henry Ford
30. “There no longer has to be a difference between who you are and what you do.” —Gary Vaynerchuk
Success in Love
31. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” —Maya Angelou
32. “Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.” —Lord Byron
33. “The giving of love is an education in itself.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
34. “Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” —Seneca
35. “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” —Oprah Winfrey
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36. “Love is a better teacher than duty.” —Albert Einstein
37. “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” —Helen Keller
38. “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” —Carl Sagan
39. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” —Morrie Schwartz
40. “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” —Charles Schulz
41. “We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.” —Brené Brown
42. “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” —Paul McCartney
43. “Let us all meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” —Mother Teresa
44. “Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.” —Fred Rogers
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45. “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” —Dalai Lama
Success with Money
46. “Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” —Henry David Thoreau
47. “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.” —Ayn Rand
48. “Money is like muck—not good unless it be spread.” —Francis Bacon
49. “There are people who have money, and people who are rich.” —Coco Chanel
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50. “Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” —P.T. Barnum
51. “People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.” —Joan Rivers
52. “A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.” —Johnathan Swift
53. “There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.” —Marlene Dietrich
54. “Whatever your income level is, save as much as you can – up to 20 percent, but more if you can – and invest it. Put that into an IRA; put that into a brokerage account..” —Sallie Krawcheck
55. “The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.” —Unknown
56. “Before you invest in yourself, you have to invest in your long-term future.” —Gary Vaynerchuk
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57. “Treat your mind like money, don’t waste it.” —Sophia Amoruso
58. “Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” —Nelson Mandela
59. “What counts the most for women, is having the confidence to make your own money.” —Cardi B
60. “You can be young without money, but you can’t be old without it.” —Tennessee Williams
Growing Family Success
61. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.” —Michael J. Fox
62. “What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.” —Mother Teresa
63. “The family is the first essential cell of human society.” — Pope John XXII
64. “Family is a life jacket in the stormy sea of life.” —J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling Quotes:
65. “Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.” —Lilo & Stitch
66. “The family—that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our innermost hearts, ever quite wish to.” —Dodie Smith
67. “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” —Lee Iacocca
68. “You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.” —Elizabeth Berg
69. “A man travels the world in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” —George A. Moore
70. “A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it.” —Mary Karr
71. “It doesn’t matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.” —Peter Buffett
72. “Family is the most important thing in the world.” —Princess Diana
73. “A happy family is but an earlier heaven.” —George Bernard Shaw
74. “I sustain myself with the love of family.” —Maya Angelou
75. “You go through life wondering what it is all about, but at the end of the day it’s all about family.” —Rod Stewart
Success in Health
76. “All the money in the world can’t buy you back good health.” —Reba McEntire
77. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” —Vince Lombardi
78. “Happiness is good health and a bad memory.” —Ingrid Bergman
79. “To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” —Buddha
80. “Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.” —Anne Wilson Schaef
81. “Our bodies are our gardens—our wills are our gardeners.” —William Shakespeare
82. “Take care of your mind, your body will thank you. Take care of your body, your mind will thank you.” —Debbie Hampton
83. “Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.” —George Bernard Shaw
84. “I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.” —Joyce Meyer
85. “It is health that is real wealth, and not pieces of gold or silver.” —Mahatma Gandhi
86. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of a cure.” —Unknown
87. “Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” —Jim Rohn
88. “From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health.” —Catalan proverb
89. “Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
90. “Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.” —Dorothy Parker
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