Inspirations Quotes by Successful Personalities
These individuals who have achieved success in their personal or professional lives.
Successful personalities are some characteristics that are often associated with successful personalities include determination, perseverance, hard work, discipline, focus, and the ability to set and achieve goals. Successful personalities may also possess strong communication and leadership skills, be able to think creatively and critically, and have the ability to adapt to change. While no two successful personalities are exactly the same, these are some common traits that may contribute to their success.
- "The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are." - Unknown
- "The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Steve Jobs
- "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
- "The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that is changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks." - Mark Zuckerberg
- "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." - Colin R. Davis
- "The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible." - Charles Kingsleigh (from Alice in Wonderland)
- "The only way to do great work is to be passionate about what you do." - Steve Jobs
- "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." - Amelia Earhart
- "The only limit to our future is the doubts of today." - Franklyn D. Roosevelt
- "I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy." - Warren Buffet
- "The first step to becoming wealthy is to set a specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound financial goal." - T. Harv Eker
- "The only limit to your wealth is the amount of value you add to the world." - Tony Robbins
- "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." - Jim Rohn
- "To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep." - David Bailey
- "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier
- "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
- "Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
- "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill
- "Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better." - Jim Rohn
- "The only real limitation is the one you set for yourself." - Muhammad Ali
- "The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." - Steve Jobs
- "Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'" - Brian Tracy
- "Successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better." - Jim Rohn
- "Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." - Conrad Hilton
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