The 90 best phrases and reflections on success

Success is the result we obtain after going through a long process full of effort, determination and patience, where it is necessary to learn from our mistakes in order to grow and continue to get up again and again. As many times as necessary.

However, success is not the same for everyone, everyone has their own vision of success, but not for that reason his struggles are more or less easy than the rest.

For this reason, we have brought you below the best phrases and famous quotes about the success that will make you reflect on the decisions you have made and if the path you travel takes you where you want to go.

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Phrases and reflections of success (work and life)

From career goals to personal success, these quotes will give you motivation to move on and put the past aside.

Below you have our selection of phrases about success, both work and vital.

1. Dreams come true; Without that possibility, nature would not motivate us to have them. (John Updike)

Making your dreams come true only depends on you.

2. When you find yourself next to the majority, it is time to stop and reflect. (Mark Twain)

Don't get carried away by the beliefs of others.

3. Success depends on prior preparation, and without it failure is sure to come. (Confucius)

Success is not something that only happens to people with resources, but those who prepare to reach the goal.

4. Success is getting what you want. Happiness, enjoying what you get. (Emerson)

Enjoy every single thing you can get for yourself.

5. You are not obligated to win. You are obliged to keep trying and in the best way and every day. (Jason Mraz)

Winning means improving yourself every day to be better.

6. Although no one can go back and make a new beginning, anyone can start from now and create a new ending. (Carl Bard)

It is never too late to start.

7. If you don't build your dreams, someone will hire you to help them build theirs. (Tony Gaskins)

Something that should make us reflect.

8. Happiness is inside and not outside. This is why it does not depend on what we have, but on who we are. (Henry Van Dyke)

Happiness is a feeling that lives within us.

9. Don't be afraid to give up the good for the great. (John D. Rockefeller)

Sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice comfort to achieve what you want.

10. 80% of success is showing yourself. (Woody Allen)

If you do not risk it is unlikely that you can win.

11. I have failed over and over again in my life, which is why I have succeeded. (Michael Jordan)

The mistakes must be the lessons to be stronger.

12. Success is not everything, but wanting success and fighting for it is. (Vince Lombardi)

Victory does not matter, but the path you have traveled to it.

13. Welcome each morning with a smile. Look into the new day as another special gift from your creator, another golden opportunity. (Og Mandino)

Every morning is a new opportunity.

14. Strive not to be successful, but rather to be valuable. (Albert Einstein)

We must never lose our courage to anything.

15. To victory without danger, triumph without glory. (Pierre Corneille)

Things are never simple. If they are, there is something wrong.

16. The starting point of all achievement is desire. (Napoleon Hill)

Having the right attitude is the first step to achieving something.

17. I'd rather fail doing what I like than succeed at something I hate. (George Burns)

It's no use being successful at something you hate.

18. The wise man has money in his head, not in his heart. (Jonathan Swift)

Don't let money consume you and make you an empty person.

19. If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and focus on your size (T. Harv Eker)

Do not evaluate your problems, but your ability to solve them.

20. The secret to a successful life is to find your destiny and then pursue it. (Henry Ford)

Do you have a destiny to pursue?

21. Success is learning to go from failure to failure without despairing. (Winston Churchill)

Remember that failures do not define you. What does is what you are able to do with them.

22. It is always early to give up. (Norman Vincent Peale)

Surrender when there is no possible alternative left.

23. There are no secrets to success. This is achieved by preparing, working hard, and learning from failure. (Colin Powell)

Success is just the expected result of great effort.

24. Don't look for success just like that. Focus on what you love and pursue what you believe in. It's a matter of time before it's your turn. (Steve Jobs)

Success should be the pinnacle of what you love to do.

25. Happiness cannot be earned, it is not property. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. (Denis Waitley)

Everyone has their own vision of happiness and they are solely responsible for achieving it.

26. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. (Vidal Sassoon)

Without work it is impossible to be successful.

27. It almost always happens that the bigger part wins out the better. (Tito Livio)

Being the best at something is not decisive for success.

28. Succeeding is simple. Do the right thing, in the right way, and at the right time. (Arnold H. Glasow)

Always go for the right thing instead of rushing.

29. The secret to success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of pain and pleasure using you. (Tony Robbins)

Use your tools and don't let things use you.

30. The strongest oak in the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. He is the one in the open air where he is forced to fight for his existence against the wind, the rains and the scorching sun. (Napoleon Hill)

Be like an oak. Face adversity and come out stronger from them.

31. Without continuous growth and perseverance, words like improvement, achievement, and success are meaningless. (Benjamin Franklin)

Improving means growing and keeping hope high.

32. Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. (Maya Angelou)

Half of what you need to succeed is that you can trust yourself to do it.

33. Success is not achieved only with special qualities. It is above all a work of perseverance, method and organization. (J.P. Sergent)

Natural talent is useless if nothing is done to improve and adapt it as required by the path.

34. Accept responsibility for your life. Realize that you are the one who is going to get where you want to go, no one else. (Les Brown)

No one can be held responsible for what you choose to do.

35. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win. (Mahatma Gandhi)

Remember that sometimes negative reviews are nothing more than a sign of envy towards your success.

36. Whatever our achievements, someone has always helped us to achieve them. (Althea Gibson)

Always thank those who offer help.

37. A successful man is one who can make a firm foundation with the bricks that others have thrown at him. (David Brinkley)

Take criticism and suggestions alike, as a way to improve.

38. Success is often the result of taking a wrong step in the right direction. (Al Bernstein)

The triumph is not without some kind of error.

39. In the darkest moment of defeat, victory may be closer. (William McKinley)

So don't give up.

40. If you don't go after what you want, you will never have it. If you do not ask, the answer will be always no. And if you don't take the first step, you will always be in the same place. (Nora Roberts)

If you are not proactive you will always be relegated.

41. Our greatest glory is never in failing, but in getting up every time we fall. (Confucius)

Getting up after a loss is, in itself, a success.

42. You have to expect great things from yourself before doing them. (Michael Jordan)

If you are not confident in your abilities you will never know if you can achieve something.

43. Success is achieved by turning each step into a goal and each goal into a step. (C.C. Cortéz)

Divide your big goal into small goals and it will be easier to achieve it.

44. We all fall to the ground at some point. It's the way you wake up, that's the real challenge. It is not like this? (Madonna)

Getting up is an act of courage, because we fight our insecurities.

45. The first step to success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment you find yourself in in the first place. (Mark Caine)

Your comfort zone will never allow you to get further than where you are now.

46. Whatever the man wins, he must pay dearly, even if it is only with the fear of losing it. (Ch. Friedrich Hebbel)

When success is achieved, it is necessary to keep working so as not to lose it.

47. All the horses race the Derby, but only one comes first. (Anonymous)

Will you be the one to arrive first?

48. We live by what we receive. We create a life for what we give. (Winston Churchill)

Give something for everything you receive.

49. All success takes place outside the comfort zone (Michael John Bobak)

An indisputable reality.

50. Build success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two sure stones to success. (Dale Carnegie)

Let failure be your motivation to get ahead.

51. Success is to overcome the fear of failure. (Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve)

When the fear of failure is put aside, we achieve our first success.

52. The only difference between success and failure is the ability to act. Alexande. (Graham Bell)

Success is a matter of attitude.

53. Success often comes to those who are too busy looking for it. (Henry David Thoreau)

The one who searches, finds.

54. From defeat to defeat, until victory is achieved. (Mao Tse-Tung)

He keeps trying until you make it.

55. The triumph is that place that you get after hitting rock bottom. (George S. Patton)

The triumph can come after a misfortune.

56. Success is peace of mind, it is a direct result of the satisfaction of knowing that you did everything possible to become the best version of yourself. (John Wooden)

Not all success is represented by an economic achievement, it is also getting to be the best version of yourself.

57. In life, winning is not important, but it is the only thing that matters. (Giampiero Boniperti)

We are programmed to always chase a victory.

58. Today I will do what others will not do, for tomorrow I will achieve what others cannot. (Jerry Rice)

Innovation can be a card in your favor.

59. The question is not who is going to leave me, it is who is going to stop me. (Ayn Rand)

May your desire be greater than your impediments.

60. Always keep in mind that your own will to succeed is far more important than anything else. (Abraham Lincoln)

Get that will and you will have a great advantage.

61. Few men have the strength of character to rejoice in the success of a friend without feeling a certain amount of envy. (Aeschylus of Eleusis)

Celebrate the triumph of your friends as if they were yours.

62. Money is not the key to success; the freedom to create is. (Nelson Mandela)

A phrase that reminds us that money does not always have to do with what we achieve in life.

63. The best revenge is massive success. (Frank Sinatra)

The best way to silence those who criticize you is to succeed.

64. The good general knows how to win, but he also knows not to abuse his victory. (Chinese proverb)

When we let the ego rise to our heads, it clouds our vision of what is important and makes us despicable.

65. If you combine your skills with love, a masterpiece awaits you. (John Ruskin)

Of course, on your way to success never leave aside the love of what you do.

66. Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of triumph is thinking that what you did yesterday will be enough for tomorrow. (William Pollard)

Never take anything for granted, even when you are successful.

67. Nothing sits as well on the victor's fountain as a crown of modesty. (Juan Donoso Cortés)

Being successful does not give you the right to humiliate others.

68. You miss 100 percent of the opportunities you don't take. (Wayne Gretzky)

So don't miss any that come your way.

69. In order to succeed, your desire to succeed must be greater than your fear of failure. (Bill Cosby)

Keep this phrase in mind and repeat it as if it were a mantra.

70. Twenty years later you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. (Mark Twain)

It is clear that we will always have in mind the "what would have happened if ...".

71. Despite how difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do to be successful. (Stephen Hawking)

It is always possible to find a way out.

72. Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. (Joshua J. Marine)

A very positive way of looking at obstacles.

73. If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. (Jim Rohn)

Are you a conformist or a fighter?

74. Falling must not take away the glory of having risen. The greatest victory: defeating yourself. Winning and forgiving is winning twice. (Pedro Calderón De La Barca)

Failures do not determine your ability to improve.

75. Being prepared is half the victory. (Miguel de Cervantes)

Remember that to face something you need to have a preparation.

76. More than one owes success to his first wife, and his second wife to his success. (Jim Backus)

There are people who appreciate you for who you are and who appreciate you for what you have.

77. Conceiving the good is not enough, we must make it victorious among men. (Joseph Ernest Renan)

Be an example for those who are also struggling to succeed.

78. If you set ridiculously high goals and fail, you will fail above everyone else's success. (James Cameron)

The best way to succeed is to have realistic goals.

79. Success is about creating benefit for everyone and enjoying the process. If you can focus on that and embrace the definition, success is yours. (Kelly Kim)

Phrase to reflect on what we should focus on on the road to success.

80. The successful man is an average man, with a laser-like ability to focus. (Bruce Lee)

We all have the same potential to reach the top.

81. The requirement for success is promptness in decisions. (Sir Francis Bacon)

If you have no power to decide, then you will never make progress.

82. I am thankful for everyone who said NO to me. It is thanks to them that I am being myself. (Albert Einstein)

Don't fall apart over bad reviews, do your best to shut them up.

83. The really important thing is not reaching the top; but knowing how to stay in it. (Alfred de Musset)

Sometimes those who reach the top fall quickly because they are unable to maintain their triumph.

84. Man can climb the highest peaks, but he cannot live there long. (George Bernard Shaw)

Not everyone is capable of sustaining their own success.

85. Formal education will allow you to earn a living, self-education will give you a fortune. (Jim Rohn)

Seek the knowledge for yourself. No one will do it for you.

86. Success and failure go hand in hand. Success makes you a teacher and failure makes you humble. (Shahrukh Khan)

So embrace your failures with the same strength that you embrace your triumphs.

87. Victory is great, but friendship is even more so. (Emil Zatopek)

There is no use being at the top if you are alone.

88. Entrepreneurs on average fail 3.8 times before they succeed. What distinguishes the most successful is their incredible persistence. (Lisa M. Amos)

Persistence is everything to achieve the greater goal.

89. The distance between madness and genius is only measured by success. (Bruce Feirstein)

All geniuses were once branded crazy.

90. There are two types of people who will tell you that you can't make a difference: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid that you will succeed. (Ray Goforth)

Never listen to those who want to stop you.