Quotes on success —As we grow up, we often try to make sense of the world around us by observing other people. Especially the adults that were present in our childhoods shape our early years. Caregivers, teachers, and even those we see on television all offer us different lessons on love, dreaming, learning, and coping.
Take a school teacher, for example. They teach us how to behave, how to be respectful, and what it means to be a good person. At home, our parents show us what love and care look like, and in sports, a coach teaches us discipline and how to push our limits. Through these early experiences, we begin to form our own ideas of success and what a fulfilling life might look like.
But, as I’ve learned over time, adults are often still figuring things out for themselves. Their paths are unique to them, and what worked for them doesn’t necessarily have to work for us. Ultimately, success is deeply personal, shaped by each individual’s own journey and aspirations.
In the upcoming post I’ve gathered some wonderful quotes on success from respectable scientists and other amazing people that have explained success better than I do. In that spirit, here are 10 quotes on success that might motivate you to push forward.
Quotes on success
I’ve collected 10 inspirational quotes on success for now. I’ll continue to publish one motivational quote in my newsletter each month.
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An American motivational speaker Denis Waitley on enjoying the process:
‘Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.’
Source: Denis Waitley
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British politician Winston S. Churchill on one of the essential personality traits for achieving success:
Author E.B. White, the famous author of Charlotte’s Web, about the value of consistently practicing even in less-than-ideal circumstances:
“I never listen to music when I’m working. I haven’t that kind of attentiveness, and I wouldn’t like it at all. On the other hand, I’m able to work fairly well among ordinary distractions. My house has a living room that is at the core of everything that goes on: it is a passageway to the cellar, to the kitchen, to the closet where the phone lives. There’s a lot of traffic. But it’s a bright, cheerful room, and I often use it as a room to write in, despite the carnival that is going on all around me.
In consequence, the members of my household never pay the slightest attention to my being a writing man — they make all the noise and fuss they want to. If I get sick of it, I have places I can go. A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”
Source: E.B. White in The Paris Review. Also cited in the Tiny Bits newsletter.
Last note on this list with quotes on success
At last, I’ve collected the ones that reflect most what I think success should be about. Like Einstein and many other scientists implied; it’s not about being considered as the one who gets more out of life than you put in, but about being a person of value who will give more than you take. Therefore, I like the quotes because they put service to humanity above so-called success in life.
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