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17 Quotes That Will Change The Way You Look At Success

I believe opportunity looks a lot like hard work. 
Rania Naim
November 22, 2016
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”
— Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, purpose, Success, Happiness
“Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.”
— Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
Tagged: Life, Meaning Of Life, Happiness, Success
“Without patience I could never have succeeded.”
— Jane Goodall, Jane Goodall Quotes
Tagged: Patience, Success, kindness
“When you take risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”
— Ellen Degeneres, Top 7 Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
Tagged: Bounce Back, Resilience, Failures, Success, Life
“Success isn’t the same for everyone. Some people measure it with money. Some people measure it with fame. Some people measure it with experience and memories.”
— Abby Born, 23 Ways To Enhance Your Life By The Age Of 23
Tagged: 20 somethings, Success, Money, Fame, Memories
“You’ll be jealous of everyone who’s more successful than you. That’s okay. Just transfer that jealousy into something productive, like working really hard so you can one day eclipse them and make them feel jealous of YOU.”
— Ryan O'Connell, 25 Things I’ve Learned In My 20s
Tagged: Jealousy, Success, Working Hard, Productivity
“You learn a lot more from mistakes than you do from successes. I tell my kids, ‘It’s almost certain that you are going to make mistakes along the way. Try to make small ones, if you can, and think of them as opportunities to learn.”
— Gillian Zoe Segal, Getting There: A Book of Mentors
Tagged: Success, motivation, Goals
“Be generous and don’t worry about keeping score. My grandfather didn’t have a lot of money but he was amazingly generous.”
— Gillian Zoe Segal, Getting There: A Book of Mentors
Tagged: Success, motivation, Goals
“You don’t need everyone; you only need a few people who really believe in you and your ideas.”
— Gillian Zoe Segal, Getting There: A Book of Mentors
Tagged: Success, Goals, motivation
“There’s nothing more detrimental to our success than ourselves. We get in the way of our potential and growth by being complacent and settling for things that don’t make us happy.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: Success, Growth, Settling, Happiness
“You cannot succeed without risk of failure.”
— Charlie Day, Motivational Video
Tagged: Motivational Speeches, Success
“Success begins with a state of mind. If you want success start thinking of yourself as a success. ”
— David Beckham, Quoted_story Instagram
Tagged: Success, Mind, Self Improvement
“I believe opportunity looks a lot like hard work.”
— Ashton Kutcher, Quoted_story Instagram
Tagged: Hard Work, Success, Relationships
“Don't compare yourself to others and feel inadequate. Their journey is not the same as yours and their success doesn't mean you're a failure -- it means your path is different.”
— Rania Naim, All The Reminders You Need To Get You Through Anything In Life
Tagged: Life, comparisons, Success, Failure
“My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.”
— Sebastian Faulks, Engleby(Vintage International)
Tagged: moving, Life, Success
“If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness.”
— Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power
Tagged: Power, Misery, Greatness, Success
“Love and success are not expendable. Someone else's success doesn't make you less successful. Someone else receiving love or praise doesn't mean you aren't loved or praiseworthy. You are not only as good as you are better than someone else.”
— Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Tagged: comparison, Love, Success, Giving Love, Receiving Love