Top 200 Motivational Quotes for Success (2024 Update)

1. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

— Robert Collier

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2. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”

— Eric Thomas

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3. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”

— Vince Lombardi

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4. “Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don't wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.”

— John C. Maxwell

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5. “There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”

— Colin Powell

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6. “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is how great spiritual giants are produced.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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7. “You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

— Zig Ziglar

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8. “The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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9. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

— Michael Jordan

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10. “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”

— Jim Rohn

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11. “Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds.”

— Napoleon Hill

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12. “You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”

— Napoleon Hill

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13. “Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.”

— Robin S. Sharma

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14. “Monday, I grind. Tuesday, I grind. Wednesday, I grind. Thursday, I grind. Friday, I grind. Saturday, I grind. Sunday, I grind. And, that’s why I’m here today.”

— Eric Thomas

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15. “You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love – who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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16. “No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.”

— Brian Tracy

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17. “A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.”

— Greg Reid

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18. “Everything begins with an idea.”

— Earl Nightingale

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19. “What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.”

— Walt Disney

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20. “The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.”

— Michelle Obama

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21. “Achieve self-mastery over your thoughts, and constantly direct them toward your goals and objectives. Learn to focus your attention on the goals that you want to achieve and on finding ways to achieve those goals.”

— Napoleon Hill

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22. “If you can think about what you want in your mind, and make that your dominant thought, you will bring it into your life.”

— Rhonda Byrne

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23. “Success is never on discount. Greatness is never on sale. Greatness is never half off. It’s all or nothing. It’s all day, every day. Greatness is never on discount.”

— Eric Thomas

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24. “Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way.”

— Jim Rohn

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25. “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.”

— Lou Holtz

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26. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.”

— Jim Rohn

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27. “Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.”

— Gail Devers

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28. “Don’t quit. You’re already in pain. You’re already hurt. Get a reward from it!”

— Eric Thomas

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29. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.”

— Mary Kay Ash

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30. “You have something special, you have GREATNESS within you!”

— Les Brown

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31. “There are no limits on what you can achieve with your life, except the limits you accept in your mind.”

— Brian Tracy

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32. “Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”

— Joel Osteen

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33. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

— Michael Jordan

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34. “Success is a continuing thing. It is growth and development. It is achieving one thing and using that as a stepping stone to achieve something else.”

— John C. Maxwell

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35. “Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.”

— Jim Rohn

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36. “If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I won’t look back and say that I was afraid to try; failure makes me work even harder.”

— Michael Jordan

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37. “Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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38. “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

— Denis Waitley

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39. “The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed the power of self-motivation.”

— Napoleon Hill

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40. “Your input determines your outlook. Your outlook determines your output, and your output determines your future.”

— Zig Ziglar

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41. “Goal-setting is powerful because it provides focus. It shapes our dreams. It gives us the ability to hone in on the exact actions we need to perform to achieve everything we desire in life.”

— Jim Rohn

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42. “Never reduce a target. Instead, increase actions. When you start rethinking your targets, making up excuses, and letting yourself off the hook, you are giving up on your dreams!”

— Grant Cardone

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43. “Every single day must be excellent. You’ve got to give it all you’ve got!”

— Eric Thomas

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44. “The difference between average and good. Good and Great! Great and Phenomenal! It’s their mindset!”

— Eric Thomas

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45. “Chase the vision, not the money. The money will end up following you.”

— Tony Hsieh

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46. “High expectations are the key to everything.”

— Sam Walton

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47. “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

— Bruce Lee

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48. “A dream is not what you see while sleeping; it is something that does not let you sleep.”

— Abdul Kalam

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49. “Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.”

— Les Brown

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50. “We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

— Thomas A. Edison

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