๐Success Quotes From People Who Earned It
Success is one of the most misunderstood words there is โ everyone wants it, but few agree on what it actually looks like. The quotes collected here come from people who reached the top of their fields, and the striking thing is how little they talk about trophies. They talk about persistence, failure, character and showing up again after being knocked down. A sharp success quote can correct your aim. It reminds you that success is rarely a single dramatic moment and almost always a long string of unglamorous days. It also reframes failure as part of the process rather than the opposite of it. But the definition of success is deeply personal, which makes it a great topic to compare with others. That is where moomz comes in. Below these quotes you will find moomz polls about ambition, achievement and what winning really means, where the community votes on the questions that drive people. Money or freedom? Title or impact? You can vote in seconds or launch your own poll and see how others measure a life well spent. Quotes tell you how success was earned; polls reveal how differently people define it. Read the eight quotes below, decide which definition fits you, and then jump into the moomz polls to see where the community stands.
The quotes
โSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.โ
โ Winston ChurchillโI've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.โ
โ Maya AngelouโSuccess is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.โ
โ Winston ChurchillโAlways bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.โ
โ Abraham LincolnโThe price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.โ
โ Vince LombardiโSuccess usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.โ
โ Henry David ThoreauโI have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.โ
โ Thomas EdisonโTry not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.โ
โ Albert Einstein
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Frequently asked
What is the best quote about success and failure?+
Winston Churchill's "Success is not final, failure is not fatal" is widely considered the definitive one. It reframes both outcomes as temporary and centers the courage to keep going.
Did Thomas Edison really say he found 10,000 ways that won't work?+
Edison is consistently credited with this idea about his experiments. It captures his view that failed attempts were useful data, not defeats.
How do successful people define success?+
As these quotes show, many define it by effort, character and impact rather than fame or money. Einstein explicitly urged people to be of value rather than of success.