INSPIRING QUOTES ON SUCCESS

Success

• “I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.’” – Katherine Dunham
• “No person has the right to rain on your dreams.” - Marian Wright Edelman
• “Success doesn’t come to you…you go to it.” - Marva Collins
• “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” — Oprah Winfrey
• “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.” - Madam C.J. Walker
• “Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” - Wilma Rudolph
• “The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.” - Lorraine Hansberry
• “You are the designer of your destiny; you are the author of your story.” — Lisa Nichols
• “Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us.” - Susan L. Taylor
• “It isn’t where you come from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” – Ella Fitzgerald
• “I’ve been poor and I’ve been rich, and rich is better.” - Bessie Smith
• “I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it’s half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.” - Althea Gibson
• “Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don’t think it’s going to be easy. It’s hard!” - Aaliyah
• “Nothing will work unless you do.” - Maya Angelou
• “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” - Maya Angelou
• “We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.” - Ethel Waters
• “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” - Maya Angelou