100 Achievement Quotes -Inspiring You To Succeed

Introduction

Our journey towards success and achievement often requires a healthy dose of inspiration. Throughout history, great thinkers, leaders, and achievers have shared their wisdom through quotes that inspire and guide us. Here are 100 achievement quotes to help fuel your ambition, ignite your drive, and remind you of your potential.

Quotes About Determination

1. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
2. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
3. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
4. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” – William Butler Yeats
5. “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – Jim Watkins

Quotes About Perseverance

6. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
7. “I have failed again and again throughout my life. That is why I have succeeded.” – Michael Jordan
8. “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” – Walter Elliot
9. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius
10. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

Quotes About Ambition

11. “Big results require big ambitions.” – Heraclitus
12. “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
13. “Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” – Washington Irving
14. “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
15. “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley

Quotes About Passion

16. “Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” – Oprah Winfrey
17. “Chase your passion, not your pension.” – Denis Waitley
18. “Passion is the genesis of genius.” – Galileo Galilei
19. “Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” – David Frost
20. “Without passion, you don’t have energy; without energy, you have nothing.” – Warren Buffet

Quotes About Taking Action

21. “The path to success is to take massive, determined action.” – Tony Robbins
22. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
23. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
24. “I never dreamed about success, I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
25. “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

Quotes About Courage

26. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
27. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain
28. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin
29. “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali
30. “Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.” – Bethany Hamilton

Quotes About Overcoming Obstacles

31. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Molière
32. “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan
33. “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
34. “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you; they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.” – Bernice Johnson Reagon
35. “The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.” – Joel Brown

Quotes About Hard Work

36. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
37. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
38. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
39. “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” – Thomas Jefferson
40. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Unknown

Quotes About Vision

41. “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller
42. “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:18
43. “You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” – Alvin Toffler
44. “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” – Winston Churchill
45. “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” – Japanese Proverb

Quotes About Self-Belief

46. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
47. “To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.” – Muhammad Ali
48. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
49. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” – Norman Vincent Peale
50. “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” – Dr. Benjamin Spock

Quotes About Persistence

51. “Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.” – Winston Churchill
52. “Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.” – Thomas Carlyle
53. “Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
54. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin
55. “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” – Thomas A. Edison

Quotes About Taking Risks

56. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot
57. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
58. “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” – Swami Vivekananda
59. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg
60. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

Quotes About Opportunity

61. “Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” – Chris Grosser
62. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
63. “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” – Gary Player
64. “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” – Seneca
65. “To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.” – Benjamin Franklin

Quotes About Innovation

66. “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
67. “Do not fear mistakes. There are none.” – Miles Davis
68. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
69. “Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat.” – Steve Jobs
70. “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” – Theodore Levitt

Quotes About Personal Growth

71. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
72. “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” – Robin Sharma
73. “Personal development is a major time-saver. The better you become, the less time it takes you to achieve your goals.” – Brian Tracy
74. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch
75. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan

Quotes About Leadership

76. “Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis
77. “Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference.” – Kathy Calvin
78. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
79. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
80. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

Quotes About Mindset

81. “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” – Buddha
82. “Your mindset matters. It affects everything – from the business and investment decisions you make to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.” – Peter Diamandis
83. “Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.” – Steve Maraboli
84. “The only limits in our life are those we impose on ourselves.” – Bob Proctor
85. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” – Dalai Lama

Quotes About Inspiration

86. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
87. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
88. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
89. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
90. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quotes About Knowledge

91. “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” – Kofi Annan
92. “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
93. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
94. “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.” – Michel Legrand
95. “Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make a difference.” – Claire Fagin

Quotes About Success

96. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
97. “Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference.” – Kathy Calvin
98. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
99. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
100. “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” – Bo Bennett

Final Thoughts

These achievement quotes serve as invaluable guideposts on our journey to success. They remind us of our potential, help us navigate the ups and downs of the journey, and inspire us to persist in the face of adversity. Remember, every achievement begins with the decision to try, and the courage to continue on despite challenges. Be inspired, be motivated, and strive to create the best version of yourself every day.