101 Best Motivational Quotes To Encourage Your Success -

Deep motivational quotes

“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” — Albert Einstein
“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too.” — Mark Twain
“When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out.”— Eleanor Roosevelt
“When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale
“It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson
“Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to put these pieces together.”—Diane McLaren
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston S. Churchill
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” —Dale Carnegie
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge
“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” —Mister Rogers
“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” —John Wooden
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ―W. P. Kinsella
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” — Will Rogers
“You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” — Unknown

Motivational quotes for work

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. “ — Alexander Graham Bell

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn

“I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” — Paulo Coelho

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” — Tony Robbins

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” — Steve Jobs

“It’s not about better time management. It’s about better life management” — Alexandra of The Productivity Zone

Motivational quotes for women

Women challenge the status quo because we are never it.” — Cindy Gallop
We don’t just sit around and wait for other people. We just make, and we do.” — Arlan Hamilton
“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey
“The strongest actions for a woman is to love herself, be herself and shine amongst those who never believed she could.” — Unknown
“Whenever you see a successful woman, look out for three men who are going out of their way to try to block her.” – Yulia Tymoshenko
“Some women choose to follow men, and some choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.” — Lady Gaga
“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it. ” ― Roseanne Barr
“No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn’t in submission to God!” ― T D Jakes
“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.” ― George Meredith
“When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” – Margaret Thatcher
“We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.” – Sheryl Sandberg
“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.” – Madeleine Albright
“Women must learn to play the game as men do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” — Ayn Rand

Motivational quotes for men

“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.” — Confucius
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein
“One man with courage makes a majority.” – Andrew Jackson
“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.” – Confucius Kongzi
“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” – Dale Carnegie
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” – David Brinkley
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

Motivational Quotes to Inspire Success in Your Life and Business

What is success? There are many definitions, but there’s one thing all the greats agree on: Success only comes by persevering despite failure.

Here are 50 quotes to inspire you to succeed in the face of failures, setbacks, and barriers.

1. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”

— Winston S. Churchill

2. “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”

— Herman Melville

3. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.”

— Colin R. Davis

4. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

— Henry David Thoreau

5. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”

— Chris Grosser

6. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

–John D. Rockefeller

7. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”

— Thomas Jefferson

8. “There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.”

— Ray Goforth

9. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

— Jim Rohn

10. “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

— Albert Einstein

11. “Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”

— Winston Churchill

12. “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.”

— Tony Hsieh

13. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

— Winston Churchill

14. “I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.”

— G. K. Chesterton

15. “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, so go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.”

— Thomas J. Watson

16. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”

– Jim Rohn

17. “The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do.”

— Anonymous

18. “Do one thing every day that scares you.”

— Anonymous

19. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.”

— Michael John Bobak

20. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

— Tony Robbins

21. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”

— Robert Kiyosaki

22. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”

— Steve Jobs

23. “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”

— Barack Obama

24. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

25. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

— Helen Keller

26. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

— Walt Disney

27. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

— Bruce Lee

28. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

— Colin Powell

29. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

— Conrad Hilton

30. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”

— Jim Rohn

31. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–It is: Try to please everybody.”

— Herbert Bayard Swope

32. “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

33. “Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”

— Unknown

34. “Fall seven times and stand up eight.”

— Japanese Proverb

35. “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”

— Unknown

36. “If you can dream it, you can do it.”

— Walt Disney

37. “The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

— Unknown

38. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that other throw at him.”

— David Brinkley

39. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”

— Bill Cosby

40. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

41. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

— Thomas Edison

42. “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember–the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you.”

— Zig Ziglar

43. “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”

— John D. Rockefeller Jr.

44. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”

— Oprah Winfrey

45. “There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

— Anthony Robbins

46. “The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.”

— Aristotle Onassis

47. “I failed my way to success.”

— Thomas Edison

48. “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.”

— Estee Lauder

49. “I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes.”

— Thomas Edison

50. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”