“Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.”

“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”

“Success is dependent on effort.”

“We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity. ”

“Our success as a nation is not measured by how many years we have governed or how many wars we have won. It is measured by the quality of life which we have created for the society that our ideals were founded upon. ”

“Society is joint action and cooperation in which each participant sees the other partner's success as a means for the attainment of his own.”

“Failure is no more a permanent condition than success! For even if you succeed, there’s still another test. ”

“I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.”

“Success is nothing more or less than being who you want to be; progressing toward your ideal each day.”

“What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. ”

“Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way. ”

“All the so-called "secrets of success" will not work unless you do.”

“Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”

“The most important key to achieving great success is to decide upon your goal and launch, get started, take action, move.”

“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”

“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.”

“Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for cause, or with some task strictly appointed you in your constitution, and so long as you work at that you are well and successful.”

“To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy - this is success!”

“Among the qualities of mind and heart which conduce to worldly success, there is one, the importance of which is more real, and which is generally underrated in our day...It is courtesy.”

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. ”

“Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction. ”

“Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure.”

“Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.”

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. ”

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. ”

“The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication. ”

“I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. ”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

“There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.”