Running a business is hard work because it’s a roller coaster ride. With any roller coaster ride, it can cause you to lose inspiration and motivation rather quickly. In achieving the success, you will experience failure, stress, frustrations, despair, hope, late nights and the feeling of uncertainty. All of these emotions put together can potentially affect the mindset to whether continue or not on the path to success.
Successful men and women all have experienced these varied emotions, but they still achieved greatness because they were motivated and inspired to go on and move forward. If you need motivation in anything that you are working towards, here are 30 success quotes to inspire you in life and business.
1. “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston S. Churchill
2. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
— Henry David Thoreau
3. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
— John D. Rockefeller
4. “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
5. “Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”
— Jim Rohn
6. “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”
— Albert Einstein
7. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
— Tony Robbins
8. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.”
— Steve Jobs
9. “The real test is not whether you avoid this failure because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.”
— Barack Obama
10. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
11. “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says “I’m possible”!”
— Audrey Hepburn
12. “Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
13. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.”
— Mark Twain
14. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
— Michael Jordan
15. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs
16. “I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
17. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
— Helen Keller
18. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
— Walt Disney
19. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
— Bill Cosby
20. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.”
— Oprah Winfrey
21. “A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.”
— Richard Branson
22. “The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”
— Debbi Fields
23. “In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.”
— Harold Geneen
24. “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.”
— Ancient Indian Proverb
25. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
— Albert Einstein
26. “Success isn’t just about what you accomplish in your life; it’s about what you inspire others to do.”
— Unknown
27. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
— Conrad Hilton
28. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
— Colin Powell
29. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
— Bruce Lee
30. “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work.”
— Unknown
Conclusion
Success is attained through perseverance, determination and hard work. In this post, I shared with you 30 success quotes to inspire you in life and business.
