Quotes About Traits for success

"Energy, Intelligence and Integrity are key criteria for success."

— Conor Neill

"If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbour, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well"

— Rene Decartes

"I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together."

— Queen Elizabeth II

"People who have achieved great success are not necessarily more skillful or intelligent than others. What separates them is their burning desire and thirst for knowledge. The more one knows, the more one achieves."

— Robin Sharma

"Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius."

— Michelle Obama

"The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself."

— Wallace Wattles

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."

— Arthur Schopenhauer

"You can achieve anything you want in life if you have the courage to dream it, the intelligence to make a realistic plan, and the will to see that plan through to the end."

— Sidney A. Friedman

"IQ by itself is not a very good predictor of performance."

— Hunter (1984)

"Self-belief: I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."

— Muhammad Ali

"Some Scientists & Technologists like Stokes, Green, Helmholtz, Cavendish, Clausius, Poincar', Rayleigh are men of undeniable genius."

— Malcolm Gladwell

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."

— Winston Churchill

"People like Wayne Gretzky or Yo-Yo Ma or Charlie Wilson all have talents and an affinity for translating thought into action. They're what we might call physical geniuses."

— Malcolm Gladwell

"A man is what he makes of himself."

— Alexander Graham Bell

"Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group ' Despite poor school grades and dyslexia, Richard is a successful business entrepreneur worth 1 billion (April 2018)."

— Unknown

"Logic will get you from A to B, imagination will take you everywhere."

— Albert Einstein

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep in them - a desire, a dream and a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."

— Muhammad Ali

"No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius."

— Anna Pavlova

"Talent is a gift, but character is a choice."

— John C Maxwell

"It's also about attitudes and beliefs"

— Michelle Obama

"Talent alone is not the only trait that makes us successful"

— Unknown

"Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

— Steve Jobs

"You need more than traits or talent to succeed"

— Unknown

"Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is important."

— Mark Cuban

"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."

— Albert Einstein

"Genius is patience."

— Isaac Newton

"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

— Albert Einstein

"Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people who follow-through who excel."

— Mary Kay Ash

"I believe ability can get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."

— John Wooden, Coach, 10x National Champion

"No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life."

— Nietzsche.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

— Steve Jobs

"Character is as important as intellect."

— Angela Duckworth

"The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny."

— Albert Ellis

"In High School he graduated 376th out of a class of 391 and struggled with reading in his early adult life. Yet his mind glowed with a fierce natural intelligence."

— The Telegraph - The Greatest Muhammad Ali 1942 -2016

"A set of strengths that were especially likely to predict life satisfaction and high achievement: grit, self-control, zest, social intelligence, gratitude, optimism, and curiosity."

— P. Tough

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

— George Elliot

"Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to."

— Henry Van Dyke

"The same is true for every prodigy: Most often people believe that the gift is the ability itself. Yet what feeds it is that constant, endless curiosity and challenge seeking."

— Ellen Winner

"Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary, A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think."

— Emerson

"You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far."

— Malorie Blackman

"Effort is what makes you smart and talented."

— Carol Dweck

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

— E. E. Cummings

"Our genes influence our intelligence and talents, but these qualities are not fixed at birth"

— Carol Dweck

"If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent."

— Isaac Newton

"The important thing is not to stop questioning, curiosity has its own reason for existing."

— Albert Einstein

"People who boast about their IQ are losers."

— Stephen Hawkins

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."

— Steve Jobs

"Genius is not born, genius is raised."

— Laszlo Polgar

"Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates."

— J.K. Rowling