Sometimes we need some inspiration and motivation to bring out the best in ourselves. Here are 40 best success quotes that will inspire and motivate you to keep moving forward and achieve success.

40 Powerful Success Quotes

1. “Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.” – John D. Rockefeller

2. “The single most important route of success is persistence – never, ever give up!” – Terry Matthews

3. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

4. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edition

5. “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” – Jim Rohn

6. “The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.” – Bruce Lee

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

8. “The only people who don’t make mistakes are those who do nothing, and that is the biggest mistake of all.” – Dr William Reilly

9. “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby

10. “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” – Mark Twain

11. “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn

12. “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

13. “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

14. “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

15. “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

16. “Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practised every day.” – Jim Rohn

17. “Sometimes success isn’t about making the right decision, it’s more about making some decision.” – Robin Sharma

18. “Number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.” – Napoleon Hill

19. “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

20. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

21. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

22. “We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret.” – Earl Nightingale

23. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France

24. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

25. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

26. “Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.” – Zig Ziglar

27. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

28. “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein

29. “Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray

30. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” – Tony Robbins

31. “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein

32. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

33. “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

34. “Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.” – Thomas Edison

35. “If you love what you do you’ll never work another day in your life.” – Mark Twain

36. “Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!” – Richard E. Grant

37. “Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.” – Zig Ziglar

38. “Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.” – Jim Rohn

39. “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

40. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

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