The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vince Lombardi
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. – Estée Lauder
Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out. – Robert Collier
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. – Beverly Sills
Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. – Augusta F. Kantra
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. – Peter Drucker
Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential. – Winston Churchill
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were. – David Rockefeller
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit. – Conrad Hilton
Action is the foundational key to all success. – Pablo Picasso
The future depends on what you do today. – Mahatma Gandhi
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. – J. Paul Getty
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
Failure is success if we learn from it. – Malcolm Forbes
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. – Henry Ford
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. – Michael Jordan
Fall seven times and stand up eight. – Japanese proverb
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. – Henry Ford
A winner is just a loser who tried one more time. – George M. Moore Jr.
Leadership and Teamwork
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. – Henry Ford
Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. – Steve Jobs
The achievements of an organisation are the results of the combined effort of each individual. – Vince Lombardi
There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others. – George Shinn
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. – Edward Everett Hale
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. – Theodore Roosevelt
None of us is as smart as all of us. – Ken Blanchard
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. – John C. Maxwell
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. – Phil Jackson
Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success. – Unknown
Value Happiness and Meaning
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. – Albert Einstein
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie
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
What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. – Bob Dylan
Success is best when it’s shared. – Howard Schultz
A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success. – Joyce Brothers
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. – George S. Patton
Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. – David Frost
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. – Albert Einstein
Time Opportunity and Action
Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin
The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. – Stephen R. Covey
The way you spend your time is the way you spend your life. – (Unknown)
You may delay, but time will not. – Benjamin Franklin
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. – Abraham Lincoln
The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. – Mark Twain
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. – William Butler Yeats
Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson
Creativity and Innovation
What is now proved was once only imagined. – William Blake
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. – Steve Jobs
Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success. – Scott Adams
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits. – Twyla Tharp
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter Drucker
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. – Guy Kawasaki
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. – Mark Twain
Character and Integrity
Success without honour is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good. – Joe Paterno
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. – Albert Einstein
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur. – Zig Ziglar
In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. – Warren Buffett
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do. – John Holt
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are. – John Wooden
No legacy is so rich as honesty. – William Shakespeare
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. – C. S. Lewis
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognised moral qualities of men. – Confucius
Perspective and Growth
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau
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
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. – Steve Jobs
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. – Colin R. Davis
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. – Herman Melville
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives. – Michelle Obama
Success doesn’t come to you; you go to it. – Marva Collins
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. – Dalai Lama