Success Strategy Quotes

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

Failure is part of success, and nobody should ever view failure as a bad thing as long as you learn from it.

There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. A successful business owner never stops learning. They educate themselves on the things they need to learn, and they never stop growing. They never arrive at a certain point and think, ahhh... now I don't need to learn anymore.

Intentional living is the bridge to significance. At the end of every year, I take time out to reflect and evaluate the events of the previous year - what went well and what needed improvement. From that inventory, I lay out my next year - how I intend to live, make the best use of time and maximize adding value to others. Success asks, 'How can I add value to myself?' Significance asks, 'How can I add value to others?' It is your intention that lends itself to significance.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.

Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!

A goal without an action plan is a daydream.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I got into this habit by attempting to contact celebrities and famous businesspeople for advice.

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down!

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

I got my first job by exceeding expectations.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

Money has never won anything. You can spend as much as you want, but you must build a team first.

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Plan your work and work your plan. Decide in advance exactly how you are going to get from where you are to where you want to go.

Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better.

But - there's no point in aiming to be Number Two. You've got to have a plan-to-win attitude.

The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.