“There’s this weird idea that success is a doorway, and once open, the path beyond is straight and clear. But success is just a moment, a step. The forward road comes from continuing to try—and fail. Failure and rejection don’t cease to be a part of it, unless you stop trying to grow/reach/make/move.”— V.E. Schwab, twitter.com
“I hope you remember that the scaffolding of joy is oftentimes shadows and doubt, and that's okay. Your joy and your success doesn't have to look like anyone else's.”— Roshani Chokshi, twitter.com
“The central fallacy in modern life is that accomplishments can produce deep satisfaction. That's false.”— David Brooks, amazon.com
“The average college GPA for a self-made millionaire is somewhere in the low B range. But at some crucial point in their lives, somebody told them they were too stupid to do something and they set out to prove the bastards wrong.”— David Brooks, amazon.com
“Who would have thought? Me. I did. Ever since I was a little girl, my fairy tale ending involved a pantsuit, not a wedding dress. Success meant doing something well enough to secure independence.”— Jessica Knoll, mobile.nytimes.com
“Technology alone is not enough. It's technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that makes our hearts sing.”— Steve Jobs, newyorker.com
“Accomplishing goals is not success. How much you expand in the process is.”— Brianna Wiest, shopcatalog.com
“'Success' is a weird word. It’s one of those things that everyone wants but nobody knows what it means.”— James Altucher, jamesaltucher.com
“Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice.”— Pele, twitter.com
“I’m always proudest whenever I’ve been part of trophy-winning team. Lifting a title makes me feel so happy because it’s what I want to do in football: be successful.”— Lionel Messi, fourfourtwo.com
“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”— Ellen Degeneres, books.google.com
“Success is not what we do compared to 'them'. It’s what we do compared to what we were created to do.”— Lecrae, twitter.com
“There are people out there who hate me and who say I'm arrogant, vain, and whatever. That's all part of my success. I am made to be the best.”— Cristiano Ronaldo, independent.co.uk
“The fear of not being successful outweighed any fears I had about my writing ability.”— Ryan O’Connell, itunes.apple.com
“I don’t believe in more money more problems. I have no shame in saying that money rules. Money is freedom; money is happiness. My parents counted their pennies. I watched them, and I always said I would be the person at the hotel who would open the $4 bottle of water without flinching, just because…”— The Cut, thecut.com
“Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means that I am failing in another area of my life.”— Shonda Rhimes, amazon.com
“That's what flags are for. Flags are about proclaiming power...that visibility is key to our success and to our justice.”— Gilbert Baker, cbc.ca
“To all those who tweet at me saying that they 'hope I fail,' I have failed many times many times in my life. But more importantly, I’ve learned from every setback, proudly own up to my mistakes, grown from disappointments, and now I’m a glamazon bitch ready for the runway.”— Adam Rippon, twitter.com