Statements, quotes of great philosophers and thinkers, cultural figures, as well as famous people from different areas of science and art, and not only about success.

Aphorisms about success

There are no open doors in the temple of success. Each incoming person breaks through his own door, which closes tightly behind him for all others and does not let even his own children through. (O. Marden)

I want it. So it will be. (Henry Ford)

I used to say, "I hope things change." Then I realized that there is only one way for everything to change - to change myself. (Jim Rohn)

Everything will come true, you just have to give up. (Faina Ranevskaya)

The lesson I learned and followed all my life was to try and try and try again - but never give up! (Richard Branson)

All this is not because I'm so smart. This is all due to the fact that I do not give up for a long time when solving a problem. (Albert Einstein)

Laziness makes everything difficult. (Benjamin Franklin)

Our great shortcoming is that we give up too quickly. The surest way to success is to try one more time all the time. (Thomas Edison)

Personally, I love strawberries with cream, but for some reason fish prefer worms. That's why when I go fishing, I don't think about what I love, but about what the fish loves. (Dale Carnegie)

Waking up in the morning, ask yourself: "What should I do?" In the evening, before falling asleep: "What have I done?". (Pythagoras)

The poor, unfortunate, unhappy and unhealthy is the one who often uses the word "tomorrow". (Robert Kiyosaki)

Even if you are very talented and put in a lot of effort, some results just take time: you won't have a baby in a month even if you get nine women pregnant. (Warren Buffett)

Old people always advise young people to save money. This is bad advice. Don't hoard nickels. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar in my life until I was forty. (Henry Ford)

The hardest road always leads to the top. (Christina Aguilera)

Each dream is given to you along with the forces necessary to make it come true. (Richard Bach)

You have to collect the stones that are thrown at you. This is the foundation of the future pedestal... (Hector Berlioz)

The only person you should compare yourself to is you in the past. And the only person you should be better than is who you are now. (Sigmund Freud)

When it seems that the whole world is against you, remember that the plane takes off against the wind! (Henry Ford)

It doesn't matter how many you are. It is important to believe and it is important to have a clear plan. Winning is perseverance. (Fidel Castro)

By investing time now, I am gaining time in the future. (Robert Kiyosaki)

If the heroes had time to think, there would be no heroism at all. (Peter Ustinov)

The most important thing in your life is ultimately your time. (Alan Lacaine)

Time is the most limited capital, and if you cannot manage it, you cannot manage anything else. (Peter Drucker)

Time is the least flexible element in your existence. (Ted W. Engstrom)

Just knowing is not enough, you must also apply your knowledge in practice. (Goethe)

The most important thing to do is to think about yourself. For all to hear. (Coco Chanel)

You won't get a second chance to make a first impression. (Coco Chanel)

Only those who dare to make big mistakes will be able to achieve great success. (Toby Reynolds)

The ability to manage time, along with the right leadership and the technique of influencing people, is a factor that determines your success or failure. (Ulrich Sievert)

It is true that there are angels, but sometimes they don't have wings and we call them friends. (Author unknown)

He who lets his time slip away, lets his life out of his hands; he who holds his time in his hands holds his life in his hands. (Alan Lacaine)

Are you concerned about the future? Build today. You can change everything. Grow a cedar forest on a barren plain. But it is important that you do not construct cedars, but plant seeds. (A. de Saint-Exupery)

Nothing is easier than being busy, and nothing is harder than being productive. (Allen Mackenzie)

The greatness of a man is his ability to think. (Pascal)

Life is ten percent what you do in it, and ninety percent how you take it. (Maugham)

After we completely lost sight of the goal, we redoubled our efforts. (Mark Twain)

Never give up, even if you get eaten, you have two options. (Napoleon)

It seems that the key to success lies in the ability to continue to hold on to your own when everyone else has already abandoned everything. (Toby Reynolds)

Be afraid of your desires - they come true! (Stations)

Each dream is given to you along with the forces necessary for its implementation. (Richard Bach)

Success is nothing more than a few simple rules followed daily, and failure is just a few mistakes repeated daily. (Jim Rohn)

Never listen to anyone, have your own opinion, your head, your thoughts and ideas, plans for life. Do not chase after anyone, just a step towards, but not after. Nobody needs you. This is life. No one will build your happiness for you. (Jack Canfield)

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win. (Mahatma Gandhi)

In twenty years, you will regret what you didn't do than what you did. So drop your doubts! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch a tailwind with your sails. Explore. Dream. Open up. (Mark Twain)

When it is obvious that the goal is unattainable, do not change the goal - change your plan of action. (Confucius)

A large tree grows from a sprout, a nine-story tower from a handful of earth, and a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. (Lao Tzu)

Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want. (Heath Ledger)

We do not dare much, not because it is difficult; it is difficult precisely because we do not dare it. (Seneca)

A successful person is always an amazing artist of his imagination. Imagination is much more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, but imagination is limitless. (Albert Einstein)

Great things need to be done, and not to ponder them endlessly. (Julius Caesar)

A gem cannot be polished without friction. In the same way, a person cannot become successful without a sufficient number of difficult attempts. (Confucius)

I cannot control the direction of the wind, but I can always set my sails in such a way as to achieve my goal. (Oscar Wilde)

Success is what creates great people. (Napoleon Bonaparte)

Each of us wants to become a successful person. But let's think for a moment, what is success? This term does not have a single definition. It is individual for each of us and depends on the area in which we are looking for it.

However, from time to time, each of us needs a source of inspiration from which we will draw strength and which will support us and help us move on. To this end, I have collected quotes from great people about success for you.

30 great people quotes about success

If you are not in the business of making your dreams come true, someone will hire you to help them build their own dreams. Dhirubhai Ambani

The first step to success is to refuse to be a prisoner of the environment in which, first, you need to find yourself. Mark Kain

You cannot connect the dots by looking ahead. To connect them, it is necessary to look back to the past. Therefore, you must trust in those points that you will connect with each other in the future. You have to believe in something, be it karma, character, destiny, life or whatever. This approach to life has never let me down and it was he who made all the changes in my life. Steve Jobs

Successful people are always on the move. The more success they achieve, the more they want to achieve it in the future, and the more they find ways to achieve their success. Similarly, there is another tendency that when something fails, during these periods, it is very important to hold on and not go into a downward spiral. Tony Robbins

When I allow myself to use my strength and power to achieve what is in front of my eyes, then it does not matter at all whether I feel fear or not. Audre Lorde

The choice is ours, because only we can show who we really are. After all, in fact, we are much more than our capabilities. J. Rowling

You must learn the rules of the game. And only after that you should play better than others. Albert Einstein

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, stop and think. Mark Twain

A successful person is one who can lay a solid foundation with the bricks that others have thrown at him. David Brinkley

The question is not who is going to let me, but who is going to stop me. Ain Reid

Who are the crazy ones? These are the ones who are not suitable for any position. They are rebels, troublemakers. Round pegs, for square holes. Those who see things around them in a completely different way. They don't like rules. They don't respect the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they can make a difference. They push humanity forward. And while some see them as crazy, we see them as geniuses. Because people who are so crazy that they think they can change the world are the ones who can. Steve Jobs

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt

I didn't fail. I just found 10 thousand ways that don't work. Thomas Edison

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

If you don't value your time, others won't value it either. Stop giving away your time and talents. What matters is what you know and what you charge for. Kim Garst

I used to want "She tried..." on my gravestone, but now I want "She did it." Katherine Dunham

Don't let the fear of loss override the excitement of winning. Robert Kiyosaki

Live like you're going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you are going to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

The difference between successful people and the rest is not at all in the presence of strength, not in knowledge, but rather in the presence of will. Vince Lombardi

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by what you didn't do than by what you did. Mark Twain

A successful warrior is an ordinary person who is able to focus on a target like a shooter with a laser sight. Bruce Lee

Every great thought begins with a dreamer. Always remember that you have the willpower, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars and change the worldHarriet Tubman

In fact, it all comes down to your philosophy. Do you want to play safe and well, or would you like to take risks for a chance to be great? Jimmy J.

Do you still doubt your abilities? Put aside all doubts, it's time to arm yourself with self-confidence and move towards your own success. The phrases of successful people, famous thinkers, movie and sports stars will help you believe in yourself. We present to your attention a selection of motivating quotes to achieve success in life, in business, in studies or in any other business.

Who believes in his luck is lucky. (K. Goebbel)

If you work towards your goals, then those goals will work for you. (D. Ron)

You should already today treat yourself as a person who has achieved success. (D. Ron)

Start every morning by reading the list of the richest people. If you're not there, get to work. (R. Orben)

Success is a ladder you can't climb with your hands in your pockets. (P. Bauet)

Success is to be on time. (M. Tsvetaeva)

Every time you need to jump off a cliff and grow wings on the way down. (Ray Bradbury)

The world belongs to the optimists, the pessimists are just spectators. (F. Guizot)

Any achievement begins with the decision to try. (M. Baryshnikov)

The secret of success is to know what no one else knows. (A. Onassis)

You can be invincible if you do not enter into any battle in which victory does not depend on you. (Epictetus)

In serious matters, care should be taken not so much to create favorable opportunities as to seize them. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

Everyone can give up - it's the easiest thing in the world. But to continue, even when everyone around you accepted and would forgive you your defeat - this is the real strength.

I want it. So it will be. (G. Ford)

Each dream is given to you along with the forces necessary to make it come true. However, you may have to work hard for this. (Richard Bach).

If you try, you have two options: succeed or fail. And if you don't try, there's only one option.

To reach the goal, a person needs only one thing. Go. (Honore de Balzac)

Success is the ability to move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. (W. Churchill)

You will never swim across the ocean if you are afraid of losing sight of the shore. (H. Columbus)

The desire to succeed without hard work is similar to the desire to harvest where you did not plant seeds. (David Bly)

To swim against the current, the fish must be strong, even a dead fish can swim with the current. (John Crow Ransome)

Defeat is just one of the options for the development of events that must be discarded as unnecessary. (Joan Landen)

We are born to be persistent, for only through perseverance do we know what we are really worth. (Tobias Wolf)

To succeed, you need to do only 2 things: clearly define what you really want, and then pay the required amount for it all. (Nelson Bunker Hunt)

Dreams are like stars... you may never reach them, but if you strive for them, they will lead you to your destiny. (Gale Divers)

Set yourself a high goal and don't stop until you reach it. (Bo Jackson)

If you want to be successful, ask yourself 4 questions:
Why?
Why not?
Why wouldn't I?
Why not right now? (Jimmy Ray Dean)

Praise yourself for what you have already achieved and don't be discouraged. (Salma Hayek)

If you want to be better than the rest, then get ready to do what others do not want to do. (Mike Phelps)

If you are not ready to work, then you are ready to lose. (Mark Spitz)

The sleeper will get nothing but dreams. (Serena Williams)

An obstacle is what a person's gaze rests on when he takes this gaze away from his goal. (Tom Cruise)

If you're not going to go all the way, why are you even doing it? (Joe Namath)

Perhaps there are people more talented than you, but you will not find an excuse if someone works harder than you. (Derek Jeter)

Train. Learn. Always be ready. (Derek Jeter)

To achieve your goals, you need patience and enthusiasm. Think big - but be realistic. (Donald Trump)

Motivating quotes in English with translation

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. (The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams).

Success doesn't come to you. You go to it. (Success does not come to you. You go to it).

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. (It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop).

Success is not in what you have, but who you are. (Success is not in what you have, but in what you are)

Visualize yourself being successful. How would you walk, talk, act or work? (Visualize yourself as successful. How would you walk, talk, act, or work?)

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. (Goal setting is the first step in making the invisible visible.)

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. (Motivation almost always wins over mere talent.)

Motivational quotes for business success and prosperity

If you are ready to give up, then you are closer to success than you think.

Focus on your desires and remember that thoughts are things.

Take on as much work as you can handle in one day.

Keep an eye on your competitors, but pay more attention to what you do yourself.

Your well-being depends on your own decisions.

A clear goal is the first step to any achievement

Choose a profession you love and you won't have to work a day in your life. (Confucius)

The work we do willingly heals pain. (William Shakespeare)

Love and work are the only worthwhile things in life. Work is a kind of love. (Marilyn Monroe)

There's only one kind of work that doesn't cause depression, and that's work you don't have to do. (Georges Elgosy)

I am a firm believer in luck, and I have noticed that the more I work, the luckier I am. (Thomas Jefferson)

Motivational phrases for studying

What you know how to do well, do not forget, and what you do not know how to do, learn from it.

Don't be in a hurry to leave the student's chair, and you won't be rushed to leave the teacher's chair.

Whatever you learn, you learn for yourself.

Enjoy the opportunity to continually grow

Even in the company of two people, I will certainly find something to learn from them. I will try to imitate their virtues, and I myself will learn from their shortcomings. (Confucius)

Only the wisest and the most stupid are unteachable. (Confucius)

The agony of learning is only temporary. The torment of ignorance - ignorance - is eternal.

Motivation phrases for sports, for weight loss

Those who can't find time to exercise will have to find time to get sick! (Edward Stanley)

Each workout is a little story, a piece of your life...

If you want - you will find the time, if you do not want - you will find the reason.

Sport is the beating of your heart, your breath, this is your rhythm of life...

If you want to do business, develop and become rich, it is best to learn from those who have reached certain heights in this area. Quotes about business and the success of great people lift the veil of secrecy on a special way of thinking that goes beyond the stereotypical.

"Golden" percentage

In the UK, Oxford is home to the international confederation Oxfam, which includes 17 public organizations operating in 94 countries. The direction of their activity is the search for ways to solve and injustice.

According to Oxfam data published in early 2016 under the heading "Economy for the One Percent", 1% has the capital equivalent to the total capital of 99% of the rest of the planet's inhabitants. To carry out statistical calculations, the indicators of 2015 taken from the report of Credit Suisse Group, a Swiss financial conglomerate, were used.

Great people

In fact, it is much more interesting how people become so successful and rich and how you can learn this. Since thinking is primary in relation to the actions taken, then perhaps it contains the key to understanding. There is no way to meet such people in person and ask them a bunch of questions. But it is still possible to walk along the tangent of their worldview ...

John Davison Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the undisputed authorities in the field of making big fortunes. Some features of their views on doing business, and on life in general, are now available to the attention of the general public thanks to the mass media. The statements of financial magnates are parsed into quotes about business, leadership, success, achievements, the value of time and self-confidence.

John Davison Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller (07/08/1839 - 05/23/1937) - the world's first dollar billionaire. He founded the Standard Oil Company, the University of Chicago and according to Forbes, in 2007 terms, his fortune was estimated at $318 billion. Famous Rockefeller business quotes by John Davis:

• Don't be afraid of big expenses, be afraid of small incomes.
• A person who works all day has no time to earn money.
• A person who succeeds in life must sometimes go against the current.
• I would rather earn income from 1% of the efforts of a hundred people than from 100% of my own.
• I have always tried to turn every adversity into an opportunity.
• The clarity and specificity of the goal is one of the main components of success, regardless of what exactly a person is striving for.
• There is no other quality so essential for success in any field of activity as perseverance.
• Every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every possession a duty.
• First earn a reputation, then it will work for you.
• The growth of business activity is the survival of the fittest.
• The main task of capital is not to bring more money, but to increase money for the sake of improving life.
• I got the impression that I was successful and profiting from everything, because the Lord saw that I was going to turn around and give it my all.

Henry Ford

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. According to Forbes, in terms of the exchange rate of 2012, his fortune was estimated at $188.1 billion. about Henry Ford's business:

• Exploring many different roads to wealth, trying and making mistakes, people do not notice the shortest and easiest way - through work.
• More often than not, people give up on their own rather than fail.
• Whether you think you're capable of something or you think you're not, either way you'll be right.
• For the older generation, the most popular advice is saving. But don't save money. Treasure yourself better: love yourself, invest in yourself. It will help you get rich in the future.
• Thinking is the hardest job. Perhaps that is why so few do it.
• When it seems like the whole world is against you, remember that planes take off against the wind.
• Enthusiasm is the basis of any progress. With it, you can do anything.
• Successful people get ahead by using the time that others are wasting.
• Quality is doing something well even when no one is watching.
• You can't build a reputation with intentions alone.
• Along with the belief that we have provided for ourselves for the rest of our lives, the danger creeps up on us imperceptibly that, at the next turn of the wheel, we will be thrown off.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates (October 28, 1955) is one of the founders of Microsoft. According to the Forbes magazine, he takes 1st place in the list of the richest people in the world at the time of 2017. His fortune is 86 billion dollars. Popular business quotes from Bill Gates:

• Between the "fifth point" and the sofa, the dollar will not fly.
• Do not confuse reality and what is shown on the TV screen. In life, most of the time people spend in their workplaces, and not in coffee shops.
• If you are not satisfied with something in your work - create your own business. I started my business in a garage. You should spend time only on what you are really interested in.
• When a good idea comes to your mind, act immediately.
• Do not rush to blame your parents for every failure. Do not whine, do not rush about with your misfortunes, but learn from them.
• Celebrating success is great, but more important is the ability to learn from your failures.
• Stop acting like you have 500 years left to live.

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett (08/30/1930) is the head of the holding company Berkshire Hathaway. According to the Forbes magazine, he takes 2nd place in the list of the richest people in the world at the time of 2017. His fortune is 75.6 billion dollars. Witty quotes about Warren Buffett's success:

• It takes 20 years to build a reputation, and 5 minutes to destroy it. You will see things differently if you think about it.
• Even if you are incredibly talented and put in incredible effort, it just takes more time to achieve some results: you will not have a baby in a month even if you get nine women pregnant.
• Knowing what not to focus on is just as important as knowing what to focus on.
• If your boat is constantly leaking, instead of patching holes, it is wiser to direct efforts to find a new unit.
• Postponing the search for a better job, sitting on the one that destroys you, is the same as postponing sex until retirement.
• If you are all so smart, then why am I so rich?
• The most - those who are doing their favorite thing.
• Do business with people you like and share your goals.
• The chance is extremely rare, but you should always be ready for it. When gold pours from the sky, you should have a bucket in your hands, not a thimble.

The presented statements reflect some facets of the worldview and self-awareness of the richest people in the world. Quotes about success and business of these authors can be considered as advice from "those who know a lot about prosperity", containing the quintessence of wisdom, knowledge and practical experience. They can also serve as a good basis for starting the formation of a new "rich" thinking, changing the habitual way of action and improving the quality of life.