21 Success Quotes for Motivation
I love a good quote.
I have loved quotes my entire life.
From the time I was a young teenager, I have been finding inspirational quotes and displaying them everywhere.
On my binders, on my bedroom walls, EVERYWHERE.
That has not stopped just because I’m a grown-up. Now I just display my favorite quotes all over the fridge/house, as well as on a few Pinterest boards.
For this week’s success principle of the week – we are not going to have just ONE success principle. Instead, we are going to take a look at 21 of my favorite quotes that talk about success.
These are only the tip of the iceberg, people! If this post is popular enough, we might even make this a semi-regular thing!
So if you want to read more compilations of my favorite quotes – COMMENT BELOW!
Enjoy!
Successful people are not gifted. They just work hard, then succeed on purpose.
Unknown

Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe.
Unknown

Don’t settle for the ordinary when you know you deserve extraordinary
Unknown

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want.
Ken Poirot

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are learning to do.
Unknown

If you talk about it, it’s a dream. If you envision it, it’s possible. But if you schedule it, it’s real.
Tony Robbins

Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.
Unknown

I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun – not because I can see it, but by it I can see everything else.
C. S. Lewis

Success is not measured in how much you gain – but in how much you’ve given.
Benjamin Hess

Ordinary people who faithfully, diligently, and consistently do simple things that are right before God will bring forth extraordinary results.
David A. Bednar

What if I told you 10 years from now, your life would be exactly the same? Doubt you’d be happy. So why are you afraid of change?
Karen Salmansohn

Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so.
Unknown

Unsuccessful people make decisions based on their current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.
Unknown

If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.
Nora Roberts

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Henry Ford

Faith in God includes faith in His timing
Neal A. Maxwell

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
Eleanor Roosevelt

When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life.
When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I wrote down “Happy”
They told me I didn’t understand the assignment.
I told them they didn’t understand life.
Unknown
Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
Unknown

Wake up every day with the thought that something wonderful is about to happen.
Unknown

Remember guys – if you want to read more compilations of my favorite quotes – COMMENT BELOW!
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Rosa
Monday 26th of December 2022
I love the quotes, thank you for them.
Amber Jenkins
Thursday 13th of October 2022
I love these!! I homeschool my 3 daughters and help my husband run a business so I can use these in every area of my life to remind myself and others as well as teach. Thank you for all of the wonderful resources you have and offer for great prices or free :)
PJ Weaver
Tuesday 2nd of August 2022
LOVE LOVE LOVE quotes. Your choices are awesome. I will make these the center of our 7th grade hallway bulletin board this year. Please DO send me yours as often as you are able.
Be gentle with yourself, you are a child of the universe. No less than the trees and stars... max ehrmann
STEAM Teacher - middle school