15 Inspirational Quotes for Success

All humans are born with the desire to succeed. We want to be good in the things we do in life; our hobbies, our careers, our families and even our personal dreams and aspirations. Many people search their entire lives for success. Some work so hard they become over-achievers, always wanting that next piece of achievement. Others are content in the simple pleasures and the minor victories in life. What kind of person are you?

Here are 15 great quotes to help inspire you to success:

1. Men are born to succeed, not fail.
Henry David Thoreau

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

3. People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
Anne Sullivan

4. The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
Mark Twain

5. Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
Henry Ward Beecher

6. 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

7. There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley

8. What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?
Robert Schuller

9. Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
William Feather

10. Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David Thoreau

11. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Robert Collier

12. 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

13. People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Dale Carnegie

14. Success is never wondering what if.
Karrie Huffman

15. The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.
Nelson Boswell

Here’s to wishing you the best of success in all you do!

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