What is success? The definition of success may vary from person to person, but one thing is certain: successful people never stop facing difficulties and never give up when things go wrong, because they have a goal.
Here are 50 insights that will encourage you to succeed in spite of all the difficulties, obstacles and setbacks that stand in your way of achieving your big goal.
Please note that the insights are translated by me from English, so some insights may contain a little bit of my subjective understanding of the insight in question.
50 insights and nuggets from successful people
“Opportunities don’t just happen, you create them” Chris Grosser
“Success is not the end of the road and failure doesn’t kill you, it’s the courage to keep going that counts.” Winston Churchill
“Success usually comes to people who are busy looking for it” Henry David Thoreau
“It is better to fail by being original than to succeed by imitating someone” Herman Melville
“The road to success and the road to failure are almost the same” Colin Davis
“Don’t be afraid to give up something good if you have a chance to get something great” John Rockefeller
“There are two kinds of people who will tell you that you can’t change or influence anything in the world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed” Ray Goforth
“I have noticed that the harder I work, the luckier I get” Thomas Jefferson
“Successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people are not. Don’t hope it would be easier, hope you would be better” Jim Rohn
“Try not to become a man of achievement, try to become a man of value” Albert Einstein
“Stop chasing money and start chasing passion” Tony Xieks
“The key to success is to accept failure after failure without losing enthusiasm” Winston Churchill
“My success is based on listening to the best advice and doing the exact opposite” G.K. Chesterton
“Could you give me your formula for success? It’s actually quite simple: double your failures. You think failure is the enemy of success. But it isn’t. Failure can make you lose motivation and enthusiasm, or you can learn from it, so dare to make mistakes and fail. Try a thousand times. But remember that this is how you can achieve great success.” Thomas Watson
“If you’re not prepared to risk the ordinary, you’ll have to live with it.” Jim Rohn
“Do the one thing you are afraid of every day” Author anonymous
“Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are also those who do” Author anonymous
“People who succeed are passionate. The more they succeed, the more they want to achieve, and they find more ways to succeed. The same is true of failures: if you accept them as failures, you may find yourself failing even more.” Tony Robins
“If you look closely, all the quick successes took a long time.” Steve Jobs
“Don’t let fear of failure override the joy you will get when you succeed” Robert Kiyosaki
“The real test is not to avoid failure, because that is impossible. It is whether you will let these failures take root and sink into inaction, or whether you will learn from them and grow stronger.” Barack Obama
“The only limit to our work tomorrow is our doubt about today.” Franklin Roosevelt
“Character cannot be developed in ease and silence. Only by trying and failing can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved.” Helen Keller
“The only way to start something is to stop talking and start doing.” Walt Disney
“A real soldier is an ordinary average person with a super-sharp focus” Bruce Lee
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from mistakes.” Colin Powell
“If you really want to do something, you will find a way to do it. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse” Jim Rohn
“Success seems to be about action. Successful people are always on the move. They make mistakes, but they don’t stop.” Konrad Hilton
“I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure. It is – Try to meet everyone’s needs.” Herbert Bayard Swope
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you do, you will succeed.” Albert Schweitzer
“Fall down seven times and get up eight times” Japanese folk saying
“Success is not only what you have achieved in your life, but also how you have inspired other people” Author unknown
“Some people only dream of success, while others get up in the morning and work for it.” Author unknown
“If you can dream it, you can do it” Walt Disney
“The difference between who you are and who you would like to be is what you do.” Author unknown
“A successful man is one who can lay the foundations of a company from the bricks that are thrown at him” David Brinkley
“To succeed, you have to first believe you can do it” Nikos Kazantzakis
“To succeed, your desire to succeed must be greater than your fear of failure.” Bill Crosby
“Many of life’s failures are people who didn’t realise how close they were to success before they gave up.” Thomas Edison
“Don’t be afraid of criticism. Remember, other people’s greatest success is in belittling you.” Zig Ziglar
“The key to success is to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.” John Rockefeller
“You’ll know you’re on the road to success if you’re still willing to do your job, even if you’re not getting paid for it.” Oprah Winfrey
“There is a powerful drive in every human being that, when unleashed, can turn any vision, dream or wish into reality.” Anthony Robins
“The key to success is knowing something that no one else knows.” Aristotle Onassis
“For me, the road to success was failure” Thomas Edison
“I never dream of success, I work for it.” Este Lauder
“I never did anything worth doing by accident and none of my inventions came about by accident, except the phonograph. No, once I had fully decided that the results were worth achieving, only then did I do, try, make mistakes until I created it.” Thomas Edison
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” Vidals Sasons
“Don’t stop and you’ll have a chance to run into something, probably when you least expect it. I’ve never heard of anyone running into anything while sitting down.” Charles Kettering
“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.” Les Brauns
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