15 Quotes About Success
Most quotes about success are loud. These are not — they are about the unglamorous habits, the long horizons, and the redefinition of "winning" that the wisdom traditions quietly insist on.
“Never outshine the master. Always make those above you feel comfortably superior.”
“Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win.”
“In victory, you deserve champagne. In defeat, you need it.”
“Established in yoga, perform action, having abandoned attachment. Evenness of mind, in success and failure, is called yoga.”
“Wherever there is Krishna, the lord of yoga, and wherever there is Arjuna, the wielder of the bow — there will be prosperity, victory, abundance, and sound morality.”
“Burnout is not just being tired. It is the chronic erosion of the self caused by mismatched expectations and depleting work — measured along three specific dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation (cynicism), and reduced personal…”
“A persons success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times. The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
“The most successful people I have studied had a clear top-level goal and a hierarchy of mid- and low-level goals that all served the top one. The grit was structural, not heroic.”
“Today, victory over yourself. Yesterday, victory over a lesser opponent. Tomorrow, victory over a greater one.”
“I can predict, with 94% accuracy, whether a marriage will succeed or fail, by watching one fifteen-minute conversation.”
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”
“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”