Success quotes are a crowded shelf, so these twelve were chosen by one test: the person saying it had actually done the thing. Factories, studios, armies and companies stand behind these lines — which is why they read less like posters and more like field notes.
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Quotes About Success From People Who Earned It
Edison, Disney, Powell, Rockefeller — twelve takes on success from people whose definition was tested by results.
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Attributed to Winston Churchill (exact wording is debated by historians)
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
— Thomas A. Edison
“The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.”
— John D. Rockefeller Jr.
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
— Attributed to Winston Churchill
“Opportunities don't happen. You create them.”
— Chris Grosser
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
— Colin Powell
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.”
— Conrad Hilton
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”
— Walt Disney
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
— Attributed to Walt Disney
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
— Maya Angelou
“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
— John D. Rockefeller
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”
— Attributed to Thomas Jefferson
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Which of these is best for a graduation card?
Colin Powell's line about preparation and learning from failure lands perfectly for graduates — encouraging without pretending success is luck.
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