Quotes About Success

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

— Albert Schweitzer

Polymaths

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate; to have it makes some difference that you have lived and lived well."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Authors and Writers

"Success is not only about wealth, power and fame"

— Unknown

"Success is not a destination, it's about growth"

— Unknown

"I measure success by how many people love me and whether the people close to me are happy"

— Warren Buffett

"Money and power aren't enough - to live the lives we truly want and deserve, and not just the lives we settle for, we need a Third Metric."

— Arianna Huffington

"Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value"

— Albert Einstein

"Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming life is best for ' the body and mind."

— Einstein

"Wealth is a mind-set, it is not an amount"

— Natalie A Moses

Author

"True success should be measured by how happy you are."

— Richard Branson

"For Barack, success isn't about how much money you make. It's about the difference you make in people's lives."

— Michelle Obama

Leaders

"It is nice to feel like you made a difference, inventing something or raising kids or helping people in need."

— Bill Gates

"I'm often asked how I define 'success.' It's an overused term, but I fundamentally view this elusive beast as a combination of two things, achievement and appreciation. One isn't enough: Achievement without appreciation makes you ambitious but miserable. Appreciation without achievement makes you unambitious but happy."

— Tim Ferriss

Motivational Speakers

"I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars, there's a certain freedom, meaningful freedom that comes with that. But once you get much beyond that, I have to tell you, it's the same hamburger."

— Bill Gates

"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"Your life is worth more than Gold."

— Bob Marley

"It is a strange thing to be so widely known, and yet to be so lonely."

— Albert Einstein

"Success can be determined by the depths of one's fortitude and not solely from the depths of one's bank account."

— Tyrone McGraw

"Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals"

— Deepak Chopra

"The things which are esteemed as the greatest good of all...can be reduced to these three: to wit, riches, fame, and pleasure."

— Spinoza

"Success'is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

— author Maya Angelou

"The powerful motivator in our lives isn't money; it's the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements."

— Frederick Herzberg

"Success is getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame."

— Webster dictionary

Authors and Writers

"For I go about doing nothing else than urging you, young and old, not to care for your persons or your property more than for the perfection of your souls, or even so much; and I tell you that virtue does not come from money, but from virtue comes money and all other good things to man, both the individual and to the state."

— Socrates

"Success is about being your best self, not about being better than others."

— Carol Dweck

"Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. . . .There is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men."

— Einstein

"There are many aspects to success; material wealth is only one component. Moreover success is a journey not a destination. Material abundance, in all its expressions, happens to be one of those things that makes the journey more enjoyable. But success also includes good health, energy and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense of well-being, and peace of mind."

— Deepak Chopra

"How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life."

— Oprah Winfrey

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."

— Steve Jobs.

"If you believe success is simply making (or having) a lot of money, you may be setting yourself up for failure."

— Geoffrey James

Authors and Writers

"The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better."

— Robert F. Kennedy

"But 'well' for different people means different things. The person may not be in college, but is doing the best he or she can to fulfil their potential, to help their family."

— Tyrone McGraw

"Success is peace of mind attained only through'self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best'of which you're capable. I believe that's true. If you make the effort to do the best of which you're capable, to try and improve the situation that exists for you, I think that's success."

— John Wooden, Coach, 10x National Champion

"I want to define success by redefining it. For me it isn't that solely mythical definition ' glamour, allure, power of wealth, and the privilege from care. Any definition of success should be personal because it's so transitory. It's about shaping my own destiny."

— Anita Roddick

"The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate."

— Einstein

"I will lived useful, rather than, died rich."

— Benjamin Franklin

Polymaths

"Real success is reflected in your mind-set: your readiness to grow."

— Carol Dweck

Psychologists

"Oh my friend, why do you, who are a citizen of the great and mighty and wise city of Athens, care so much about laying up the greatest amount of money and honour and reputation, and so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul, which you never regard or heed at all? Are you not ashamed of this?"

— Socrates

"Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve."

— Martin Luther

"Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or valuable material possessions. An individual, community, region or country that possesses an abundance of such possessions or resources to the benefit of the common good is known as wealthy."

— United Nations.

Leaders

"Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end."

— Robert Nesta Marley

"Real Success comes from the difference we make"

— Unknown

"It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly used false standards of measurement, that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life."

— Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

Psychologists

"Success is a matter of constant growth."

— Deepak Chopra, Spiritual teacher

"Don't just make money, make an impact."

— Bob Gass, author, UCB

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed."

— Booker T. Washington

"While we tend to think of success along two metrics- money and power, we need to add a third -a third measure of success that goes beyond the two metrics of money and power, and consists of four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving."

— Arianna Huffington

"Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable."

— John Wooden, Coach, 10x National Champion

"Success is measured in many ways. The most important of which is how you feel about yourself"

— Lina King

"IQ was the predictor of success in the 20th century, in the 21st century, self-regulation will be the predictor of success."

— Dr. L. Bisnaire, Dr. J. Clinton and Dr. B. Ferguson

"Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul."

— Democritus

"Success is doing the best you can with what you have whatever you are in life."

— Bob Gass, author Word for Today

"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal"

— John Wooden, Coach, 10x National Champion

"Success is impact"

— Sallie Krawcheck

"When we talk about a 'successful' person,'some people think we're typically talking about someone who's got billions in their bank account, success is about happiness not wealth."

— Richard Branson

"Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold."

— Bob Marley

"As to the causation of the feeling of meaninglessness: People have enough to live by but nothing to live for; they have the means but no meaning."

— Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist

"Many times a day I realize how much my outer and inner life is based upon the labours of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how much I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."

— Einstein

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."

— Albert Einstein

"Be brave enough to know that success can be measured in many different ways"

— Nicola Padfield

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business."

— Henry Ford

"Success is about pursuing your passion and making an impact in the world"

— Barbara Premo

"The abundance flow of all good things to you."

— Deepak Chopra

"Real self-confidence is not reflected in a title, an expensive suit, a fancy car, or a series of acquisitions. It is reflected in your mind-set: your readiness to grow."

— Carol Dweck

"People very quickly define success due to the amount of money someone makes. In the end, I think everyone is searching for that experience. That's why we continue to go to the movies and watch television."

— Nicolas Winding Refn

"True happiness does not come from our reaching our goal, but from living a rich and meaningful life which is directed by our values. Unlike goals, values can't be completed or ticked off a list. They are a direction we desire to keep moving in, an ongoing process that never reaches an end."

— Russ Harris.