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Success Quotes

– “We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired to glory.” – Cicero

– “Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.” – Euripides

– “They can because they think they can.” – Virgil

– “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson

– “Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself.” – Theodore T. Hunger

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

– “The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.” – Frank Loyd Wright

– “A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.” – Elbert Hubbard

– “There is only one success–to be able to spend your life in your own way.” – Christopher Morley

– “The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis

– “The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed in these two: common-sense and perseverance.” – Owen Feltham

– “Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.” – Dennis Waitley

– “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi

– “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–which is: Try to please everybody.” – Herbert Bayard Swope

– “Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.” – Josh Billings

– “The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Earl of Beaconsfield

– “Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.” – Evan Esar

– “The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.” – Richard Brinsley Sheridan

– “If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.” – Jospeph Addison

– “Impatience never commanded success.” – Edwin H. Chapin

– “The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.” – Henry W. Longfellow

– “To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.” – Shakespeare

– “Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” – Albert Einstein

– “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no use being a damn fool about it.” – W.C. Fields

Short Funny Quotes

“When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep — not screaming, like the passengers in his car” – Anonymous

“I hope life isn’t a joke, because I don’t get it.” – Anonymous

“You’re not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.” – Dean Martin

“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.” – Anonymous

“I’m not offended by all the dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I’m not dumb. I also know I’m not blonde.” – Dolly Parton

“Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.” – Yogi Berra

“I’m in no condition to drive…wait! I shouldn’t listen to myself, I’m drunk!” – Homer Simpson

“If at first you do not succeed, then skydiving is surely not meant for you.” – Anonymous

“A word to the wise ain’t necessary – it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.” – Bill Cosby

“Girls want a lot of things from one guy. Conversely, guys want one thing from a lot of girls.” – Anonymous

“Men don’t care what’s on TV. They only care what else is on TV.” – Jerry Seinfeld

“Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.” – Anonymous

“Aim for the stars. But first, aim for their bodyguards.” – Anonymous

“I’ve never been married, but I tell people I’m divorced so they won’t think something is wrong with me.” – Elayne Boosler

“To cease smoking is the easiest thing. I ought to know. I’ve done it a thousand times.” – Mark Twain

“My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil.” – Paul Getty

“If at first you don’t succeed, order pizza.” – Anonymous

“Hard work never hurt anyone, but why take the chance.” – Anonymous

“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.” – Albert Einstein

“I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was “You’ll never find anyone like me again!” I’m thinking, “I should hope not! If I don’t want you, why would I want someone like you.”” – Anonymous

“Dogs have Owners, Cats have Staff.” – Anonymous

“Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.” – Anonymous

“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.”- Anonymous

“Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.” – Benny Hill

“I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin

Mottos For Success

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.’ ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.” ~ Bruce Barton

“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

“Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life – but what we do about what happens to us.” ~ George Allen

“The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.” ~ E.M. Gray

“Personal development is your springboard to personal excellence. Ongoing, continuous, non-stop personal development literally assures you that there is no limit to what you can accomplish.” ~ Brian Tracy

“You don’t become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen

“Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” ~ Conrad Hilton

“The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.” ~ Thomas Edison