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Fuelling the future professionally requires one to invest in persistence, hard work, and utter dedication. From time to time, during hardship, one needs to look for motivation within and outside of one's being. However, finding affirmation in the form of motivational quotes that resonate with you may be more challenging than it looks. 

So, whether you're an entrepreneur, a student, a professional, or anyone, the path to success can be challenging and sometimes overwhelming. But sometimes, you only need a little extra motivation to keep going. 

That's why we've compiled a list of powerful quotes to inspire and encourage you on your journey toward success. From famous entrepreneurs and thought leaders to philosophers and visionaries, these quotes offer a fresh perspective and a burst of energy to help you stay focused and motivated toward your goals.

So, let's dive into the world of inspiration and unlock your full potential on the path to success!

70+ Motivational Quotes for Success to Win 2024

Quotes about success serve as a stimulus for success. Success Quotes give the inspiration and drive needed to speed the path toward objectives and aspirations.

Here are Motivational & inspirational Success Quotes by famous authors

  1. “If you’re going through hell keep going.” — Winston Churchill
  2. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
  3. “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” — Colin R. Davis
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  5. “If you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.” — Thomas Jefferson
  6. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot
  7. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
  8. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
  9. “If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else.” — Laurence J. Peter
  10. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
  11. “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine
  12. “Happiness is not necessarily the absence of sufferings; it is the presence of peace of mind.” — Invajy
  13. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”— Alice Walker
  14. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” — Maya Angelou
  15. “Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.” — Shiv Khera
  16. “Here are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell
  17. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy.” — Norman Vincent Peale
  18. “The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.” — John D. Rockefeller Jr.
  19. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
  20. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” — Pablo Picasso
  21. “I never dreamed about success; I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
  22. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon
  23. “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” — Benjamin Franklin
  24. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Herman Cain
  25. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” — George Bernard Shaw
  26. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
  27. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” — Bill Bradley
  28. “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” — Bill Gates
  29. “A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.” — Doug Larson
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  31. “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.” — Pele
  32. “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
  33. “It’s Not Whether You Get Knocked Down, It’s Whether You Get Up.” — Vince Lombardi
  34. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” — Steve Jobs
  35. “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
  36. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Henry Stanley Haskins
  37. “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” — Chinese Proverb
  38. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” — Robert Collier
  39. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” — Earl Nightingale
  40. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” — Maya Angelou
  41. “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” — Tony Hsieh
  42. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.” — Henry Ford
  43. “You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.” — Philippos
  44. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” — Napoleon Hill
  45. “In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” — Nikos Kazantzakis
  46. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” — Conrad Hilton
  47. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn
  48. “Fall seven times and stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
  49. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.” — David Brinkley
  50. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” — Bill Cosby
  51. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” — Thomas Edison
  52. “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
  53. “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” — Charles F. Kettering
  54. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.” — Oprah Winfrey
  55. “There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.” — Anthony Robbins
  56. “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
  57. “No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.” — Anonymous
  58. “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.” — John Wooden
  59. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” — Walt Disney
  60. “Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” — Albert Einstein
  61. “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.” — Oscar Wilde
  62. “The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” — Bruce Feirstein
  63. “When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you.” — Lolly Daskal
  64. “I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey
  65. “Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.” — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  66. “If you want to be successful, find out what the price is and then pay it.”— Scott Adam
  67. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear–not absence of fear.” — Mark Twain
  68. “We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” — Earl Nightingale
  69. “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower Disraeli.” — Bill Gates
  70. “There is no traffic jam along the extra mile.” — Roger Staubach
  71. “Success is the child of audacity.” — Benjamin Disraeli
  72. “The true success is the person who invented himself.” — Al Goldstein
  73. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” — Steve Jobs

Key takeaways

Remember that success is not just about achieving a particular outcome but also about the journey toward that outcome. Staying on track takes hard work, dedication, and a positive mindset, especially when things get tough.

By embracing the power of these motivational quotes, you can stay energized, inspired, and motivated to achieve your dreams and unlock your full potential. Let these quotes remind you that you have the talent, creativity, and drive to achieve great things personally and professionally. Thank you for reading, and we wish you all the best on your journey toward success!

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