Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that dont really matter - Francis Chan

21 Timeless Quotes about Success

“The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flat tires called Jobs, but if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, a driver called Will Power, you will make it to a place called Success.”
― Unknown

“Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.”
― Ben Carson

“Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should I not? Go forward? Go back? Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape. A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right.”
― Andy Andrews

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

“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.”
― Salvador Dalí

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
― Confucius

“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.”
― Napoleon Hill

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
― Winston Churchill

“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 overcome while trying to succeed.”
― Booker T. Washington

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
― Robert F. Kennedy

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Success is getting what you want.. Happiness is wanting what you get.”
― Dale Carnegie

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”
― Beverly Sills

If the elevator of success is out, use the stairs, one step at time.
―John Reyes

“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”
― J. E. McCulloch

“If you happen to succeed, don’t take it to the head. If you happen to fail, don’t take it to the heart.”
― Unknown

“Sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you’ve ever been, to stand up taller than you than you ever were.”
― Unknown

Remember that failure is not the opposite of success, it is a part of success.
― Unknown

“In life, its rarely about getting a chance; its about taking a chance. You’ll never be 100% sure it will work, but you can always be 100% sure doing nothing wont work. Most of the time you just have to go for it! And no matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should be. Either you succeed or you learn something. Win-Win.”
―Markesa Yeager

“Behind every successful entrepreneur are years of hard work, dedication and determination. Nothing comes without a price. to attain the desires of your heart, sacrifices need to be made. If you are not willing to do this, you can forget it. No pain no gain.”
― Justice Cabral

“Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most because it means taking risks and even facing failure. But to pursue your passion with all your heart and soul is success in itself. The greatest failure is to have never really tried.” 
― Robyn Allen

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Where do you stand?

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

Success is liking. . .

Satisfaction in life arises from knowing you are exactly where you belong. Discontented people strive to be somewhere else or someone else. Contentment comes from many great and small acceptances

Satisfaction in Life

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. Albert Einstein

Continue to Dream

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

There are no mistakes

If you want something you've never had, then you've got to do something you've never done

go for it!

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. this is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson

What does it mean to succeed in life?

Only God knows how it all turns out, and for those who belong to Him, it turns out well.

Only God Knows

The more you trust Jesus and keep your eyes focused on Him, the more life you’ll have. Trusting God brings life. Believing brings rest. So stop trying to figure everything out, and let God be God in your life.

— Joyce Meyer

but if you never try you will never know

there are a million reason why you shouldn’t try. . .

Don’t talk yourself out of opportunities

Success will never be a big step in the future; success is a small step taken just now.

Success is Taken in Small Steps

if you wait for perfect conditions youll never get anything done

do it now!

you havent failed until you quit trying

there’s only one way to fail

success-vs-significance

success vs. significance

The Rhythm of Time by Pastor Dennis Rouse of Victory World Church Atlanta

Even if we master time well, many of us on a consistent basis still end up in a tiring cycle of not having enough hours in a day, constantly rushing, being stretched too thin, running late, falling behind, or simply neglecting ourselves way too much. In part two of the Rhythm series, Pastor Dennis addresses what’s really at the root of it all and how you can flip it, enjoy a different life, and build a powerful Rhythm of Time for yourself that glorifies Jesus and turns up your ordinary to extraordinary.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift that's why they call it the present

This is the beginning of a new day

This is the beginning of a new day. 

God has given me this day to use as I will.

I can waste it or use it for good.

What I do today is important, because

I’m exchanging  a day of my life for it.

When tomorrow comes,

this day will be gone forever,

leaving  something I have traded for it.

 I want it to be gain, not loss; good, not evil;

success, not failure; in order that I

shall not regret the price I paid for it.

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Don’t Settle for Less

Skill to do comes of doing. Do the thing and you will be given the power.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or find it not. What you are comes to you.

Don’t waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Set down nothing that will not help somebody.

Put your trust in ideas and not in circumstances. Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely.

To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

Unless you do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will not grow. We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Get In the Driver’s Seat

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.

Avoiding Pain

“Life is hard when you don’t do what you truly value because you are putting all your energy into trying to get rid of your fears rather than into materializing your dreams. When you’re stuck within your comfort zone, life becomes stifling – and therefore, very uncomfortable! In a paradoxical way, the easy life includes the experience of discomfort. It is when we try to avoid naturally occurring pain or discomfort that life becomes difficult.”

~Maria Nemeth

Getting Ahead#

rock bottom became the solid foundation on which i built my life

rock bottom

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow–
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out–
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit–
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

an arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward so when life is dragging you back with difficulties

arrows

‘Don’t aim at success–the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.

Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long run–in the long run, I say–success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it.”

-Victor Frankl

there are so many people out there who will tell you that you cant what youve got to do is turn around and say watch me

Watch Me!

1) God is who He says He is, 2) God can do what He says He can do, 3) I am who God says I am, 4) I can do all things through Christ, and 5) God’s Word is alive and active in me.

three simple rules

Three Simple Rules

There’s a mountain near my former home of Lancaster, Ohio, that I used to climb quite often. Along the path up the mountain are many resting places. Often people will stop and rest and renew their strength before continuing their walk to the summit. I used to watch with great interest as climbers would look up toward the top of the mountain and then decide to climb no higher. It’s easier to talk about climbing than to climb. It’s easier to chew the fat than walk it off.They felt content to sit and wait while their friends continued to climb. Instead of receiving strength to go higher, they rested on what they have achieved and settled into the “sparrow’s nest”.

We, too, can choose to be numbered with the many who have decided that the price is too great, the sacrifice too demanding, and the benefits of climbing too small. We can choose to sit. We can watch others climb. There will be an offer of a seat for anyone who is tired, plus sympathy and 17 reasons why it is not necessary to climb higher. Words of discouragement are contagious. Soon we could be sitting around the “sparrow’s nest”. It’s easier to talk about climbing that to climb. It’s easier to “chew the fat” than to walk it off. We need not be distracted by the living monuments of quitters who mark the pathway to the top of the mountain.There are more at the bottom than at the top. The “sparrow’s nest” is a popular place.  But then there are always those in life who are like the eagles. We can chose to keep our eyes on the heights.Slowly, steadily, with determination, we can pass the “sparrow’s nest”. We need not be distracted by the living monuments of quitters who mark the pathway to the top of the mountain. Each one who has settled for second best is a reminder to us that life is a journey and not a destination, that oy comes through striving and not through settling down, that victory and quitting are not compatible.

We can climb onward and upward like the eagle.

[toggle title="Click Here to Show More Content"] Those perched in the sparrow’s next look on with great interest. The moment the climbers hesitate the quitters will encourage them to stop. If we continue to climb, they will criticize. If we achieve, they will rationalize.

It is so good to be at the top of the mountain.Finally, we arrive at the top. It is less crowded now, but the caliber of those who make it is different. At the summit you will find those who are encouragers. We find great fellowship and conversation about discipline, sacrifice, joy, happiness, achievement, and success. No hard-luck stories on the top of the mountain. No critical, envious, and bitter spirits. No bad attitudes or chips on shoulders. No sour dispositions or negative thinking.  It is so good to be on top of the mountain. The air is clear. The vision is great. The beauty is something to behold. The fellowship is wonderful, and the feeling is good.

Once you have experienced victory, you can never be satisfied with less.But that feeling of satisfaction comes only after victory. That feeling is the result of hard work and determination. That feeling of exhilaration surges through you when you know you’ve done everything possible to fulfill the potential God has given you. That feeling of achievement assures you that your talents and energies have been wisely expended. You have soared like the eagle. You have seen too much to be satisfied with less! You have experienced too many exciting adventures to settle for second best. Yes, you have climbed like the eagle, and there’s nothing that can make you roost in the sparrow’s nest ever again —ever!

~from “Think on These Things” by John Maxwell
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if you dont have a dream how can you have a dream come true

What is a Dream?

A goal is a dream set to paper. Don’t just think it – ink it!

According to Dave Kohl, professor emeritus at Virginia Tech:

  1. People who regularly write down their goals earn nine times as much over their lifetimes as people who don’t.
  2. 80% of Americans say they don’t have goals.
  3. 16% do have goals but don’t write them down.
  4. Less than 4% write down their goals and fewer than 1% review them on an ongoing basis.

Take a moment today to write down your dreams….and watch them become goals!

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