Top Motivational Quotes for Success To Keep Focus On Goal Completion

You've landed on our page loaded with motivational quotes for success! These statements and phrases are included in this page to give our readers motivation to break through inertia, to get past roadblocks and fear, and to realize success is within their grasps. 

Think of these quotes as another way to sharpen the saw as described in our page about Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  That seventh habit was all about recharging our physical, spiritual, and mental selves. Pouring positive energy into our minds will drive out the negative that holds us back.

As regular readers would expect, there will be some influence from all the different personality types in our editorial room. We're adding color in the form of images to make it more fun. But to satisfy our type "C" personality editor, we've also arranged the quotes in some form of category. 

Enjoy these motivational quotes for success. Maybe use a quote to start each day or as a guiding influence in challenging times. Please send along your favorite quotes using the contact form at the end of this page.

Be sure to check out our page about inspirational quotes for life for some personal guidance from excellent authors. 

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It's All About Making That First Move To Start

"You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great" Zig Ziglar

"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." Og Mandino

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible." Tony Robbins

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." Walt Disney

"Either Run the Day or the Day Runs You" Jim Rohn

"The Real Risk is Doing Nothing" Denis Waitley

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t” Steve Maraboli

“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do” Rob Siltanen

"Change is made of choices, and choices are made of character” Amanda Gorman

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value” Albert Einstein

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago” Warren Buffett

“When someone tells me ‘no,’ it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.” Karen E. Quinones Miller

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else” Les Brown

“It is never too late to be who you might have been” George Eliot

"The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself."Mark Caine

"The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me." Ayn Rand

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." John D. Rockefeller

"Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right." Henry Ford

"There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed" Ray Goforth

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." C.S. Lewis

"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier; wish you were better." Jim Rohn

"Today’s accomplishments were yesterday’s impossibilities." Robert H. Schuller

"For every reason it’s not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded." Jack Canfield

"You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of will." Vince Lombardi

"There’s no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs." Zig Ziglar

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We Have To Do The Work

There's no getting around it. Success takes work.  As long as we accept that fact, we can press on through the work with the end goal in our laser vision.

"Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose" G.K. Nielson

"If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit" Banksy

"Work harder than you think you did yesterday" Alex Elle

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

"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near" Margaret Thatcher

"Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration" Evan Esar

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness" Napoleon Hill

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work" Thomas Edison

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm” Winston Churchill

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary" Vidal Sassoon

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Use These Motivational Quotes For Success Every Day

Start everyday with some positive statements. Add more when you hit a tough spot. Share your success so others can follow you.

"The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time"  Thomas Edison

"Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time"  Marabel Morgan

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all" Dale Carnegie

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity"  Louis Pasteur

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeated, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it"  Maya Angelou

"Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us"  Angela Bassett

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts"  Winston Churchill

"80% of success is showing up"  Woody Allen

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better”  Maya Angelou

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self”   Ernest Hemingway

“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again” Abraham Maslow

"Change is made of choices, and choices are made of character"  Amanda Gorman

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out"  Robert Collie

"The road to success is always under construction"  Lily Tomlin

"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember, the only taste of success some people get is to take a bite out of you"  Zig Ziglar

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty"  Zig Ziglar

“Failure is success in progress"  Albert Einstein

"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"  Jim Lovell

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Some Closing Thoughts

Achieving success and overcoming obstacles can be tough. There will be challenges along the way. Use these motivational quotes for success to help you roll past those hard parts. Share them with colleagues, family, and anyone who needs a lift. There is probably someone out there that only you can reach. They are looking for some help. You can provide it. 


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