Quotes about success
561 quotes from 329 people
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
John Denham1615–1669Often credited to Gautama BuddhaI am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
Josh Billings1818–1885Often credited to George Bernard ShawSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
?UnattributedOften credited to Henry David Thoreau
Thomas Paine1737–1809“The Crisis” (written 19 December 1776, published 23 December 1776), no. 1, in Moncure D. Conway, ed., The Writings of Thomas Paine (1894), vol. 1, p. 170.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933Quote from a program at a Coolidge memorial service (1933); cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999). The passage did not originate with Coolidge, but evolved over several decades, appearing as early as 1881 in a youth guidance bookGood judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
Nasreddin1208–1284Often credited to Jim Horning
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919Theodore Roosevelt — An Autobiography (1913), Appendix A
