Quotes about success
561 quotes from 329 people
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919Berkeley, CA (1911)There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains.
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be—in baseball and in life.
Bob Ross1942–1995Bob Ross: Beauty Is Everywhere. Collection 1: Ep. 8 “Wintertime Blues”
Edmond Rostand1868–1918Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), Act V: Cyrano’s Gazette, Scene VI, spoken by CyranoIn contextIt is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
Joseph Roux1834–1905Meditations of a Parish Priest (1866), Part 4, LXXXVIII
J. K. Rowlingborn 1965Harvard address (2008)Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune:
Every success depends upon focusing the heart.
Rumi1207–1273Masnavi, Book III, 2302-5 (tr. Helminski, 1996)I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
Jonas Salk1914–1995On receiving the Congressional Medal for Distinguished Civilian Achievement (23 April 1956)The Republic is a dream.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
Carl Sandburg1878–1967“Washington Monument by Night” in Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.
Carl Sandburg1878–1967Incidentals (1904)The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax1633–1695Moral Thoughts and Reflections
