17 Lesser-Known Success Quotes To Inspire You

water-373780_640Do you love quotes and use them to inspire yourself? Mostly we read the same quotes everywhere which is no wonder as those “little bites of wisdom” are proven to positively influence most of us. Sometimes though, you might crave new expressions of wisdom to rejuvenate your motivation to take action step and become the best version of yourself.

 

We gathered 17 lesser-known success quotes to spark your commitment to success.

“Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

“An object at rest tends to stay at rest, an object in motion tends to stay in motion.” Isaac Newton

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all of your thoughts breaks their bonds: your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive and you discover yourself to be a greater person than you ever dreamed yourself to be.” – Patanjali

“Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” – William James

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”-  Pablo Picasso

“Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” –  John Wooden

“Action generates motivation; not the other way around.” –  Mark Amend

“You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing.”-  Philippos

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”-  Dale Carnegie

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee

“Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.” – Dr. APJ Kalam

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising to tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Weak people talk and do not act, strong people act and keep quiet.”-  Eliphas Levi

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” – Nietzsche

“All success in life, whether material or spiritual, starts with the thoughts that you put into your mind every second of every minute of every day. Your outer world reflects the state of your inner world. By controlling the thoughts that you think and the way you respond to the events of your life, you begin to control your destiny.” –  R. Sharma

“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.” – Erica Jong

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” – Ray Goforth

 

Take Action For More Success

compass-283234_640Your success at work depends on generating innovative ideas and taking action on them. If you master these skills you will be unstoppable. While idea creation seems to be the more difficult of the two skill sets, it is actually taking action that presents a huge challenge to most of us.

Here are our favorite 22 inspirational quotes to help you master taking action!

“Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes the difference.” – Nolan Bushnell

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo

“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it” – Leonardo da Vinci

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Being willing is not enough, we must do. – Leonardo da Vinci

“Ideas come from everywhere” Alfred Hitchcock

“Our aspirations are our possibilities.” Samuel Johnson

“What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.” Aristotle

“The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one’s own potentialities. “ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Nothing great was achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I expect the gift of good and industrious hours.” Rainer Maria Rilke

“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.” Friedrich Engels

“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.” Samuel Johnson

“Genius is mainly an affair of energy.” Matthew Arnold

“It is better to ask some questions than to know all the answers.” James Thurber

“Many small maken a great.” Geoffrey Chaucer

“It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.” Publilius Syrus

“I am still learning” Michelangelo

“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.” Erica Jong

“Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

“The way to get ahead is to start now. If you start now, you will know a lot next year that you don’t know and that you would not have known next year if you had waited.” William Feather

“Action may not always bring happiness… but there’s no happiness without action.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Take action, even a tiny step today!