Quotes about success
561 quotes from 329 people
Jalen Hurtsborn 1998During a press conference with the media in build up to Super Bowl LVII (February 9, 2023).
Sam Altmanborn 1985Head of Silicon Valley’s most important startup farm says we’re in a ‘mega bubble’ that won’t last, Business Insider (5 June 2015)
Rutherford B. Hayes1822–1893Diary (11 March 1888)Market signals were clear: There’s no profit in preventing a future catastrophe.
Noam Chomskyborn 1928Chomsky: Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism, April 1, 2020You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Steve Jobs1955–2011Stanford University commencement address (12 June 2005)
T. E. Lawrence1888–1935Seven Pillars of Wisdom, introductory chapter (1922 Oxford text)I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
The great rule of life is to have no schemes but one unalterable purpose.
Sri Aurobindo1872–1950India’s Rebirth, 22 February 1908
Marianne Williamsonborn 1952A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles” (1992), Ch. 7: Work, §9: Sales to Service
Condoleezza Riceborn 1954Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, January 11, 2007.We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately — but we still shall strive.
Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945Fourth inaugural address (1945)It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960Fooled by Randomness (2001)
Donald Trumpborn 1946Interview with Chris Cuomo, CNN (11 August 2015)
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931The Forerunner (1920)
Florence Nightingale1820–1910Cassandra (1860)
