Inspirational quotes


Quotes by topic

In addition to what is below, several pages of quotes in different topics can be found here.

Success quotes

These are some of the more memorable success quotes from recent centuries. More can be found in sites on the links page. Many of these quotes mention perseverance and going against the flow and are still very relevant today in these changing times. The source of these quotes is Motivatingquotes.com (success page).

Benjamin Franklin

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” – Benjamin Franklin

Henry Ford

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.” – Henry Ford

Thomas Edison

“The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.” – Thomas Edison

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison

Alexander Graham Bell

“The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. . . It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider — and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation — persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.” – Alexander Graham Bell

John D. Rockefeller

“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.” – John D. Rockefeller

J.Paul Getty

“No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or “get rich” in business by being a conformist.” – J.Paul Getty

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho’ he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give of one’s self;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived —
This is to have succeeded.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dale Carnegie

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Dale Carnegie

Mario Andretti

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” – Mario Andretti (race car driver)

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The following success quotes come from inspirational-quotes.info (success page).

Robert Collier

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

C. V. White

“The man who makes a success of an important venture never wails for the crowd. He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticized. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can’t be done.” – C. V. White

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Innovation success quotes

These come from Finest Quotes (innovation quotes page).

Deepak Chopra

“This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when noone else recognizes that it is present.” – Deepak Chopra

Edward de Bono

“The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.” – Edward de Bono

Rupert Murdoch

“The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” – Rupert Murdoch