Famous quotes about success
English language:
- "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis
- "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
- "There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed." - Ray Goforth
- "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
- "If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time." - Steve Jobs
- "80 percent of success is just showing up" - Woody Allen
- "Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets" - Philip Wylie
- "Success has a dozen parents, failure is an orphan." - Stephen Fry
- "Success in life, if it happens at all, comes despite our fears and apprehensions rather than thanks to them" - Richard Carlson
- "Success never comes from short-lived enthusiasm – it requires going through real fire" - James Madison
- "The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds" - Mark Twain
- "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" - Winston Churchill
- "The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success" - Brian Tracy
- "Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go" - William Feather
- "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do" - Bob Dylan
- "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time" - Thomas A. Edison
German language:
- "Erfolg und Glück lassen sich nicht erzwingen, sie müssen sich von selbst ergeben als unbeabsichtigter Nebeneffekt eines persönlichen Ziels, das grösser ist als Man selbst" - Viktor E. Frankl
- "Wer zu früh Erfolg hat, fängt an, sich selbst zu kopieren" – Friedensreich Hundertwasser
- "Wenn A für Erfolg steht, lautet die Formel: A = X + Y + Z. X steht für Arbeit, Y ist Muße und Z heißt Mund halten" - Albert Einstein
- "Zum Erfolg gibt es keinen Lift. Man muss die Treppe benutzen" – Emil Oesch
- "Erfolg ist ein Geschenk - eingepackt in harte Arbeit" – Ernst Ferstl
- " Nichts ist überzeugender als Erfolg" - Leopold von Ranke
Polish language:
- "Sukces: coś czego przyjaciele nigdy ci nie wybaczą" - Julian Tuwim
- "Trochę sukcesu przydaje się nawet ludziom najmniej dbającym o sławę." - Maria Dąbrowska
- "Trudno na szczyt się dostać, trudniej na nim się ostać, a najtrudniej z niego schodzić" - Aleksander Fredro
- "Będąc na szczycie, pamiętaj o tragarzach, którzy cię na niego wnieśli" - Piotr Rudnicki
- "Kto nie próbuje, ten nie wie jak smakuje sukces" - Grzegorz Wójtowicz
- "Każdy w życiu ma swój Rubikon, ale nie każdy zostaje Cezarem" - Eugeniusz Iwanicki
- "Granice sukcesu wyznaczają własne porażki" - Kazimierz Chyła
- "Drugi, to jest zawsze pierwszy przegrany i tylko z takim podejściem można osiągnąć jakiś sukces" - Łukasz Kadziewicz
Latin:
- "Laetius, quotiens magno sibi constat honestrum"
- "Per aspera ad astra"
- "Experientia optima magistra est"
- Errare humanum est
- Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo, sic homo doctus fit non vi sed saepe studendo
- Historia magistra vitae est
- Hominis est errare, insipientis in errore perseverare
- Non scholae, sed vitae discimus