Success
Quotes
Don't
Waste Your Time
“Nearly'
only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.”
―
Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
“There's
no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.”
―
Will Smith
“Failure
is an opportunity.
If
you blame someone else,
there
is no end to the blame.
Therefore
the Master
fulfills
her own obligations
and
corrects her own mistakes.
She
does what she needs to do
and
demands nothing of others.”
―
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“As
long as you gave everything you had and you didn't let it break you, it could
never be considered a failure.”
―
Merphy Napier, Perfection
“I
am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to
realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“When
you fail, that is when you get closer to success.”
―
Stephen Richards
“With
one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.”
―
Ezra Pound
“Don't
waste your time hating a failure. Failure is a greater teacher than success.
Listen, learn, go on.”
―
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves
“Feed
the soul beauty, and it will heal itself.”
―
Gregory Dickow, Soul Cure: How to Heal Your Pain and Discover Your Purpose
“You
may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
―
Beverly Sills
“You
don't have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they
perceive as your success. You don't have to explain what your plan to do with
your life. You don't have to justify your education by demonstrating its
financial rewards. You don't have to maintain an impeccable credit score.
Anyone who expects you to do any of those things has no sense of history of
economics or science or the arts.”
―
Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
“The
road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
―
Will Rogers
“When
God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.”
―
Amaka Imani Nkosazana, Heart Crush
“It’s
a lack of clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison
to any living goal.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
“The
whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do,
and then do it.”
―
Henry Ford
“Stop
blaming outside circumstances for your inside chaos.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“You
rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
―
Harper Lee
“You
make mistakes, mistakes don't make you”
―
Maxwell Maltz
“Our
business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.”
―
Robert Louis Stevenson
