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Success Quotes

"Thoughts become things through action. The most powerful tool for creating changes in your life is attention and action. No action means no creation."

"Thoughts become things through action. The most powerful tool for creating changes in your life is attention and action. No action means no creation."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

Success, Thought, Action, Creation, Change

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"Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work."

"Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work."

Juliette Lewis, American Actress

Success, Work, Want

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"The jests of the rich are ever successful."

"The jests of the rich are ever successful."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Success, Successful

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"Winners have no interest or association in the opinions, actions or affairs of losers."

"Winners have no interest or association in the opinions, actions or affairs of losers."

Jeffrey Fry, American Author

Success, Detachment, Focus, Confidence

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"The ability to close sales effectively has never been confined to the last few moments of the conversation."

"The ability to close sales effectively has never been confined to the last few moments of the conversation."

Chris Murray, Irish Author

Success, Sales, Skill, Communication, Time

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"Some people quit when victory is around the corner."

"Some people quit when victory is around the corner."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Success, Victory, Effort, Commitment

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"To be successful in reaching goals, the right attitude is to never quit. Confidence is to keep the vision alive, by seeing a victory ahead that is worth fighting for."

"To be successful in reaching goals, the right attitude is to never quit. Confidence is to keep the vision alive, by seeing a victory ahead that is worth fighting for."

Ellen J. Barrier, American Poet

Success, Attitude, Confidence, Motivational

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"One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like."

"One of the rewards of success is freedom, the ability to do whatever you like."

Sting, British Musician

Success, Ability, Freedom

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"Together we knew that we could have success."

"Together we knew that we could have success."

Troy Vincent, American Athlete

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"We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems."

"We didn't really want to be an overnight success as that brings with it its own problems."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

Success, Problems, Want

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"But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."

"But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

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"Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives."

"Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives."

Tony Robbins, American Author

Success, People, Idea, Focus

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"Anything in your life achieved too soon or too freely with little sacrifice is lost too quickly."

"Anything in your life achieved too soon or too freely with little sacrifice is lost too quickly."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Success, Sacrifice, Wisdom, Truth

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"Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives."

"Learning disabilities cannot be cured, but they can be treated successfully and children with LD can go on to live happy, successful lives."

Anne Ford, American Author

Success, Successful, Children, Learning

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"But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen."

"But it's much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But it's more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen."

Penn Jillette, American Entertainer

Success, Successful, Deals

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"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."

"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."

George A. Sheehan, American Writer

Success, Courage, Determination, Will

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"Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful."

"Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Success, Successful, Want

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"I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that."

"I want to make sure I don't interfere with the success of that team next year. I don't see any way I could go to practice like most of 'em do, and not hurt the team. I'd go nuts if I tried doing that."

Bear Bryant, American Coach

Success, Hurt, Practice, Want

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"We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic."

"We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic."

Gavin Rossdale, British Musician

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"Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job."

"Very often we see coaches who have not been successful being recycled, instead of looking to a new face or a new name who has demonstrated the ability to handle the job."

Lynn Swann, American Athlete

Success, Successful, Ability, Being, Coaches

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"What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor."

"What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor."

Jack Kingston, American Politician

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"While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap."

"While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap."

Ray Kroc, American Businessman

Success, Absence

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"Why be a man when you can be a success?"

"Why be a man when you can be a success?"

Bertolt Brecht, German Poet

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"Germany stays and falls with the success of the policy of Hitler."

"Germany stays and falls with the success of the policy of Hitler."

Hjalmar Schacht, German Economist

Success, Policy, Germany

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"If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them."

"If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them."

Sidney Sheldon, American Novelist

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"New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation."

"New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation."

Ernst Mayr, German Scientist

Success, Successful, Evolution

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"I was less successful in my attempts to effect preventive vaccination against typhus by using the virus and in trying to produce large quantities of serum using large animals."

"I was less successful in my attempts to effect preventive vaccination against typhus by using the virus and in trying to produce large quantities of serum using large animals."

Charles Nicole, French Scientist

Success, Successful, Animals, Effect, Trying

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"If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I."

"If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

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"I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure."

"I think success has no rules, but you can learn a great deal from failure."

Jean Kerr, American Playwright

Success, Failure, Rules

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"The fact that maybe I had some success playing G'Kar doesn't guarantee me three years later that I can still do it, so I have to keep my senses alive and still be working on it."

"The fact that maybe I had some success playing G'Kar doesn't guarantee me three years later that I can still do it, so I have to keep my senses alive and still be working on it."

Andreas Katsulas, American Actor

Success, Fact, Senses, Years

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"Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear."

"Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear."

Harold Coffin, American Humorist

Success, Successful, Man, Nothing, Woman

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"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."

"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Success, Goals, Act

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"Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future."

"Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future."

Dale Turner, American Musician

Success, Wisdom, Error, Future

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"To be successful, one must take chances."

"To be successful, one must take chances."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

Success, Successful

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"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it."

"Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it."

Richard Bach, American Novelist

Success, Practice

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"My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg."

"My success? Being born the son of Moses Annenberg."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

Success, Son, Being

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"I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility."

"I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Success, Successful, Day, Responsibility

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"If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can . . . and accepting them."

"If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can . . . and accepting them."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Success, Choices, Acceptance

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"We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us."

"We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success would be no success, and failure would be no failure to us."

Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English Theologian

Success, Failure, Children, Eternity

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"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

"The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success."

"Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success."

Patricia Ireland, American Activist

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"We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity."

"We will be drawing down some troops. If the president wants to try to turn that into the beginning of a success, he actually, I think, has some opportunity."

Stuart Rothenberg, American Analyst

Success, Opportunity, Beginning, President

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"Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach."

"Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach."

James Wolfe, British Soldier

Success, Confidence, Enemies, Gain

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"The quick success was a bit strange to get used to."

"The quick success was a bit strange to get used to."

Fiona Apple, American Musician

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"Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds."

"Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds."

Socrates, Greek Philosopher

Success, Fame, Heroism, Achievement, Legacy

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"Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure."

"Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure."

William Hurt, American Actor

Success, People, Failure

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"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good."

"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good."

Vaclav Havel, Czechoslovakian Leader

Success, Work, Hope, Ability

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"'s one of the perversities of the age: I'm embarrassed by its success, but I'm happy it's selling."

"'s one of the perversities of the age: I'm embarrassed by its success, but I'm happy it's selling."

Jonathan Franzen, American Novelist

Success, Selling

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"However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them."

"However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

Success, Successful

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"Banking on success is to spur personal growth."

"Banking on success is to spur personal growth."

Sravani Saha Nakhro, Indian Author

Success, Personal, Motivational, Growth

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