“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
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Success Quotes
118 quotes on success and achievement — from the classics to the everyday.
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
Walt Disney
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
Mark Twain
“Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.”
Robert Orben · widely attributed
“I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.”
Horatio Nelson · attributed
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
Harry S. Truman
“I put everything into the art. There's nothing left over.”
Oliver Tree
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
Thomas A. Edison
“I've actually not read any books on time management.”
Elon Musk · Reddit AMA, 2015
“If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
“I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
“The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
“I don't actually care about the money. I care about getting things done.”
Elon Musk · Interview, various
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Will Durant · The Story of Philosophy, 1926
“If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.”
Larry Page · University of Michigan commencement address, 2009
“The sun has not caught me in bed in fifty years.”
Thomas Jefferson · Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, 1825
“Winning two national championships taught me that the team always comes first.”
Jalen Brunson · Post-Villanova interview, 2018
