coolestboi: The best thing I have ever read on nairaland. This has to be on the fp to inspire lots of people.

dridowu:
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30 Famous Quotes That Will Inspire Success In your life
The definition of success is different for everyone, whether it’s personal or professional we are always looking at improving in some area of our life. We all need some inspiration from time to time and that is why we have compiled a list of famous inspirational quotes that will help contribute to your success.




30 Famous Success Quotes


1. “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.”

Dhirubhai Ambani



2. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.”

Mark Caine



3. “People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

Tony Robbins



4. “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

Audre Lorde



5. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

Mark Twain



6. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

Eleanor Roosevelt



7. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

Thomas A. Edison



8. “If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents. Value what you know & start charging for it.”

Kim Garst



9. ”A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”

David Brinkley



10. “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Steve Jobs



11. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Eleanor Roosevelt



12. “Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.”

Roger Babson



13. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Mahatma Gandhi



14. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

Mark Twain



15. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

Vince Lombardi



16. “Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, success is yours.”

Kelly Kim



17. “I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.’”

Katherine Dunham



18. “Really it comes down to your philosophy. Do you want to play it safe and be good or do you want to take a chance and be great?”

Jimmy J



19. “It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

J. K Rowling



20. “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”

Albert Einstein



21. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman



22. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”

Bruce Lee



23. “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”

Swami Vivekananda



24. “Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”

Dale Carnegie



25. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”

Jim Rohn



26. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.”

Ayn Rand



27. “If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it – teach yourself to be impatient.”

Gurbaksh Chahal



28. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.”

Robert Kiyosaki



29. “If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!”

T. Harv Eker



30. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

Steve Jobs


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