Success sayings: 35 quotes that inspire you

Do you need new motivation? Success stories inspire you immediately. Here are our favorite quotes about progress, change, and breakthroughs.

Inspirational sayings for the right mindset

Do you have goals in life that you still want to achieve? Sometimes we stumble over a couple of obstacles, sometimes we just get in each other’s way. But one is for sure: Success needs the right mindset! Only when you have a positive attitude can you muster the necessary motivation that is needed to achieve your goals. Success sayings can help you directing your thoughts in the right direction. And then the way to your goal will be so much easier for you!

The following are our favorites.

Success sayings that take away the fear of failure

“Only those who dare to fail grandly can achieve great things.” (Robert F. Kennedy, politician and brother of the assassinated US President, John F. Kennedy)

“There is no such thing as failure. Failure is life that tries to steer you in a different direction.” (Oprah Winfrey, presenter)

“You won’t fail until you stop trying.”

“I’ve never failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” (Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb)

“Failure is not the opposite of success. It is part of it.”

“If you don’t fall on your nose here and there, it is a sign that you are not doing anything really innovative.” (Woody Allen, director and actor)

“I’ve always done things that I wasn’t quite ready for. That’s how you grow.” (Marissa Meyer, author)

“You have to be in love with success, not failure.” (Ernst Bloch, philosopher)

“Success is a flight of stairs, not a door.”

Success sayings for more stamina

“Happiness is for people who lack stamina.”

“Be patient. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

“It’s always too early to stop.” (Norman Vincent Peale, pastor and author)

“Strong women don’t give up. They cry briefly and then go to war.”

“It is not the beginning that is rewarded, only perseverance.” (Catherine of Siena, mystic)

“Don’t give up what’s important to you just because it’s not easy.”

“Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” (Oprah Winfrey, presenter)

“The strongest trees grow under the most difficult conditions.”

“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing your enthusiasm.” (Dalai Lama, Buddhist monk)

Success sayings from strong women

“If you underestimate what you do, the world will underestimate who you are.” (Oprah Winfrey, presenter)

“The thing women still have to learn: Nobody gives you success and power. You have to take it from you.” (Roseanne Barr, actress)

“I can only advise women not to duck their heads at the first boo. Carry on!” (Stella McCartney, designer)

“It’s not the successes that teach you, but the fiascoes.” (Coco Chanel, designer)

“If everything were perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow.” (Beyoncé, singer)

“Women who only strive for equality with men lack ambition.” (Marilyn Monroe, actress)

“The question is not who will let me. The question is who will stop me.” (Ayn Rand, author)

Success slogans that make you want to change

“Love to act and let others do the talking.” (Baltasar, writer)

“To get something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.”

“What doesn’t challenge you won’t change you.”

“Whoever does something that he can already do, always remains what he already is.” (Henry Ford, automobile pioneer)

“It is not important how big the first step is, but in which direction it goes.”

“I dare to try everything.” (Joanne K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter)

“To be irreplaceable, you always have to be different.” (Coco Chanel, designer)

“Nothing is as constant as change.” (Heraclitus, philosopher)

“Life is like a bicycle: you have to move forward in order not to lose your balance.” (Albert Einstein, scientist and Nobel Prize winner)

“Success can only be achieved by doing something while waiting for success.”

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