Whether you’re feeling a little down or just need a bit of a life boost, it’s helpful to look to “successful” people for inspiration. The idea here is to understand how someone made it to where they are today and take away some valuable life lessons.
Take Oprah Winfrey or Mr. Rogers, for example. They didn’t just wake up one day as TV icons. They worked toward their success over time.
We compiled a collection of the 90 best nuggets of wisdom from some highly successful people to motivate you to live your best life. Look to these success quotes for inspiration in your love life, career, family, or just life in general.
90 Success Quotes for Living Your Best Life
Quotes About Being Successful in Life
1. “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.” —Maya Angelou
2. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” —Walt Disney
3. “Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” —Helen Keller
4. “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill
5. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” —Ayn Rand
6. “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” —Mark Twain
7. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” —Mae West
8. “Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. “Success isn’t about the end result, it’s about what you learn along the way.” —Vera Wang
10. “Do what you can, with all you have, wherever you are.” —Theodore Roosevelt
11. “Fall seven times, and stand up eight.” —Japanese Proverb
12. “It’s better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation.” —Herman Melville
13. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” —Billie Jean King
14. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” —Arnold Palmer
15. “Compete with yourself, not with others.” —Sophia Amoruso
Finding Success in Your Career
16. “If you look really closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” —Steve Jobs
17. “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” —Estee Lauder
18. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” —Unknown
19. “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.” —Oprah Winfrey
20. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” —Thomas Jefferson
21. “Nothing will work unless you do.” —Maya Angelou
22. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” —Unknown
23. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
24. “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” —Peter Drucker
25. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” —Beverly Sills
26. “Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.” —Tony Hsieh
27. “There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.” —Brené Brown
28. “Success comes to those who are too busy to look for it.” —Henry David Thoreau
29. “You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do.” —Henry Ford
30. “There no longer has to be a difference between who you are and what you do.” —Gary Vaynerchuk
Finding Success in Love
31. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” —Maya Angelou
32. “Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.” —Lord Byron
33. “The giving of love is an education in itself.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
34. “Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” —Seneca
35. “Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” —Oprah Winfrey
36. “Love is a better teacher than duty.” —Albert Einstein
37. “The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” —Helen Keller
38. “For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love.” —Carl Sagan
39. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” —Morrie Schwartz
40. “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” —Charles Schulz
41. “We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.” —Brené Brown
42. “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” —Paul McCartney
43. “Let us all meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” —Mother Teresa
44. “Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.” —Fred Rogers
