The professional has learned that success, like happiness, comes as a by-product of work. The professional concentrates on the work and allows rewards to come or not come, whatever they like. Steven Pressfield
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. Henry Ward Beecher
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success. Henry Ward Beecher
If we go to work at 8 am and go home at 5 pm, this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-to-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else. Jack Ma (Alibaba)
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people. Harvey S. Firestone
The doers are the major thinkers. The people that really create the things that change this industry are both the doer/thinker in one person. Steve Jobs
Combining all of those skills together, the art and the science, the thinking and the doing, was what resulted in the exceptional result. (Talking about successful polymath Leonardo da Vinci being a chemist, knowing about human anatomy, mixing his own paint, painting, etc.)
No matter how successful you are in your career, you must always remember that we are here to live. If you keep yourself busy working, you will surely regret it. Jack Ma (Alibaba)
We are successful today not because we did a great job today, but because we had a dream 15 years ago, and we believed that the Internet could help small businesses. Jack Ma (Alibaba)
The biggest hurdle is rejection. Any business you start, be ready for it. The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is the successful people do all the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do. When 10 doors are slammed in your face, go to door number 11 enthusiastically, with a smile on your face. John Paul DeJoria
Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure. Larry Ellison
Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can’t assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions. Lou Gerstner
Reputation is the key to success. You have to be loyal to your customers. Li Ka Shing
People are the key to success or extraordinary success. Azim Premji
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. Pearl S. Buck
Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone. Deepak Chopra
Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone. Harold Ramis
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. Henry Ford
The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress. J.C. Penney
Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. Albert Camus
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows. Ambrose Bierce
All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important. Manny Pacquiao
I believe that people who don’t achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those that are successful. Manuel Puig
My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well. Marc Anthony
Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone’s commitment and intelligence. Margaret J. Wheatley
The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually. Walter Ulbricht
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. Pat Riley
Fortune sides with him who dares. Virgil
Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion. Tony Hsieh
The truly passionate people do it out of love, caring and truth. Maxime Lagacé
While money can’t buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. Groucho Marx
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. David Brinkley
The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been truth, goodness, and beauty… The ordinary objects of human endeavour – property, outward success, luxury – have always seemed to me contemptible. Albert Einstein
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled. Barack Obama
I was working eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, trying to build a business, expand our coverage, and bring in investors. But my life, I realized, was out of control. In terms of the traditional measures of success, which focus on money and power, I was very successful. But I was not living a successful life by any sane definition of success. I knew something had to radically change. I could not go on that way. Arianna Huffington
To live the lives we truly want and deserve, and not just the lives we settle for, we need a Third Metric, a third measure of success that goes beyond the two metrics of money and power, and consists of four pillars: well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving. Arianna Huffington
Success and money can really be quite blinding. Jim Harrison
Real success is know about money, it’s about making an positive impact in the world. Maxime Lagacé
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money. Voltaire
Money is like manure. It stinks when you pile it; it grows when you spread it. JRD Tata
Real riches are the riches possessed inside. B. C. Forbes
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Franklin D. Roosevelt
That should be the measure of success for everyone. It’s not money, it’s not fame, it’s not celebrity; my index of success is happiness. Lupe Fiasco
A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. John Ruskin
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people’s lives. Oprah Winfrey
Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don’t want..to impress people that they don’t like. Will Rogers
Top 15 things money can’t buy: Time. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity. Roy T. Bennett
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart. Jonathan Swift
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. Epictetus
Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs. Henry Ford