Quotes about Success

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God.

Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here.

What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.

The only hope of success is the way of love as agape rather than eros. From this rival perspective, the secret of the search is not our "great ascent" but "the great descent" - of God toward us. Instead of the seeker finding love, love seeks out the seeker - not because the seeker is worthy of love but simply because love's nature is to love regardless of the worthiness or merit of the one loved.

Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success.

We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success; but He does not. If our Lord has ever constrained you, and you obeyed Him, what was your dream of His purpose? Never put your dream of success as God's purpose for you; His purpose may be exactly the opposite.