Best Quotes On Success And Achievement – Whether you are trying to create that business that you always dreamed about, get that promotion at work, or even repair a challenging romantic relationship, having the tools to make it through the tough times can be critical to your success.

One thing I’ve always found helpful is the wisdom of great achievers. Below, you will find an assortment of my favorite quotes relating to success. Read through them and even consider printing these out and keeping them handy. Get to the point that you can remember them, especially in times of defeat.

Our friends and family can sometimes be helpful (and sometimes not), but its good to hear the insights of those who have made it through the most difficult situations – the great minds who have gone on to achieve great things. PS: I added a couple of my own personal quotes that I thought you might find helpful. Also, if any of your favorite quotes relating to success come to mind, and you don’t see them here, please post them in the comment section so we can all benefit.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas A. Edison

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt

We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.
Henry David Thoreau

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Mohandas Gandhi

You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.
Paramahansa Yogananda

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
Winston Churchill

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts

When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it, always.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
Henry David Thoreau

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity to heal.
A Course in Miracles

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mohandas Gandhi

Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.
Eric Buttterworth

Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.
Marva Collins

Unless you’re willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won’t happen.
Phillip Adams

Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life – but what we do about what happens to us.
George Allen

I found it easier to get rich than I did to make excuses.
Jim Rohn

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.
Bob Dylan

Intellectuals solve problems. Geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.
Thomas A. Edison

Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Winston Churchill

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Ben Stein

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.
Thomas J. Watson

The most important single ingredient in the formula for success is knowing how to get along with people.
Theodore Roosevelt

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
Mother Theresa

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.
Thomas A. Edison

The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Dale Carnegie

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

There’s a way to do it better – find it.
Thomas A. Edison

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
Thomas A. Edison

There’s a way to do it better – find it.
Thomas A. Edison

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal
Henry Ford

Focusing on what you are trying to get away from is similar to running backwards down a street to get away from the angry monster that is chasing you. The monster will catch you. Instead, turn round and focus on the path that leads to where you want to go.
Dale Sellers

Instead of how bad things have been or how bad things are, focus on what you intend to do and what steps you have to take to get there.
Dale Sellers

What you focus upon is what you will manifest into your life. So instead of focusing on what you are trying to get away from, focus on what you intend to achieve.
Dale Sellers