A Select Collection of Famous Quotes About Success

We may think that we know what success is, because we tend to define success as if it were a goal. In reality success is more of a journey than a destination. Read these famous quotes about success to find out more.

Basil King
Victory becomes, to some degree, a state of mind. Knowing ourselves superior to the anxieties, troubles, and worries which obsess us, we are superior to them.
Malcolm Forbes
Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Eric Hoffer
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
James E. Burke
We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures.
Milton Berle
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
Henry David Thoreau
We were born to succeed, not to fail.
William Barclay
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
Paul J. Meyer
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!
Ralph Half
When ability exceeds ambition, or ambition exceeds ability, the likelihood of success is limited.
Gary Sinise
When I think of work, it's mostly about having control over your destiny, as opposed to being at the mercy of what's out there.