Success Quotes

"In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you’d get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it’s hard work, almost harder once you’re successful because you’ve got to maintain it."

- Steven Wright

"The three ordinary things that we often don’t pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty."

- Azim Premji

"The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs… one step at a time."

- Joe Girard

"All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point."

- Eric Thomas

""The most important characteristics you need to succeed in business are resilience, determination and persistence.""

- Karren Brady

""Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.""

- Alexander Graham Bell

"At the end of the day, both men and women who become CEOs have shown tenacity and hard work to succeed in their careers. It takes not just skills but also extreme dedication and commitment. And regardless of gender, CEOs are measured by the same criteria — the growth and success of the business."

- Susan Wojcicki

"Super-success is not for everyone, and you will endure weeks and months and years of hard work, obstacles, failures, victories, pain, and any manner of ‘negative’ experiences to reap the rewards of success, drink from the golden goblet, own the brass ring."

- Dan Pena

"I believe that we all have a responsibility to give back. No one becomes successful without lots of hard work, support from others, and a little luck. Giving back creates a virtuous cycle that makes everyone more successful."

- Ron Conway

"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose."

- Margaret Thatcher

"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking shortcuts."

- Roger Staubach

"There is never just one thing that leads to success for anyone. I feel it is always a combination of passion, dedication, hard work, and being in the right place at the right time."

- Lauren Conrad

"Temporary success can be achieved in spite of lack of other fundamental qualities, but no advancements can be maintained without hard work."

- William Feather

"No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance."

- Ramana Maharshi

"The time is past when anyone can boast about ‘hard work’ without having a corresponding result to show for it."

- Henry Ford

"Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do."

- Shaquille O'Neal

"Success to me is being a good person, treating people well."

- David LaChapelle

"You always pass failure on your way to success."

- Mickey Rooney

"You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine"

- John C. Maxwell

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure"

- Colin Powell

"The best investment is in the tools of one’s own trade."

- Benjamin Franklin

"Companies that invest more in digital transformation actually outperform their peers over time. These companies are more prepared for disruption, better able to monetize new digital channels, and better able to build a bigger user base. What's more, this phenomenon exists regardless of industry."

- Geoff Cubitt, CEO, Isobar US

"Data itself is not enough to create personalised experiences. Artificial intelligence is required to turn a comprehensive data trove into insights that can anticipate customers' needs and act as their digital assistant. Much like his or her pre-industrial counterpart, a B2I (business-to-individual) virtual tailor, for example, would know each individual's measurements and tastes in fabrics, styles, and other variables, and could thus make highly personalised recommendations."

- Peter Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning, Salesforce

"Imagine a customer walking up to a supermarket shelf and holding his or her smartphone up against different bags of potato chips. Using image processing, language processing, and analytics, AI-enabled systems can help that customer check which brand is best for their low-sodium diet, or whatever their taste profile might be."

- Glen Hartman, Senior Managing Director, Accenture Interactive

"The technology driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution gives companies an ever-greater influence on how we live, work, and function as a society. As a result, customers expect business leaders to widen their focus beyond the narrow interests of shareholders. This longer-term, broader strategic approach has proven rewards. McKinsey found that companies that take a longer view than quarterly shareholder reporting outperform their peers, with 47% higher average revenue growth and 36% better earnings growth."

- Miguel Milano, President, EMEA, Salesforce

"In the marathon there are many ways to define success and derive satisfaction and enjoyment. We all face the same challenge together and overcome the limitations that exist within each of us."

- Yuki Kawauchi

"The greatest thing a man can possibly do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other…"

- Orison Swett Marden

"“Success comes to those who are too busy to look for it.”"

- Henry David Thoreau

"For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its members. Let this be the measure of our nation."

- John F. Kennedy

"The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality of our career services."

- John F. Kennedy