Success Quotes - Page 10

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.

There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.

The merit in action lies in finishing it to the end.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn’t happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It’s not going to work. To build a successful business, you must start small and dream big. In the journey of entrepreneurship, tenacity of purpose is supreme.

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

We are called to be fruitful - not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.

A successful life is an authentic life. Happiness and creativity rest on a foundation of transparency to yourself and others. Knowing your own heart and speaking clearly to others keep you on the path.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.

In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.

Well done is better than well said.

Your best success comes after your greatest disapponitment

Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

To be responsible, keep your promises to others. To be successful, keep your promises to yourself.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.