100+ Powerful Business Encouragement Quotes to Motivate Success

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“It always seems impossible until it's done.” – Nelson Mandela

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot

“The difference between successful people and others is how long they persist.” – James Gaskin

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” – Unknown

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” – Thomas Edison

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:18

“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.” – Steve Jobs

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“If you can dream it, you can achieve it.” – Zig Ziglar

“Purpose drives performance.” – Simon Sinek

“Start with why. People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” – Simon Sinek

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain

“Dream big. Start small. Act now.” – Robin Sharma

“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.” – Steve Jobs

“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon Sinek

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” – Ronald Reagan

“Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.” – John C. Maxwell

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

“You don’t lead by pointing and commanding. You lead by going alongside people.” – Ken Kesey

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren Bennis

“The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are.” – John C. Maxwell

“People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.” – John C. Maxwell

“True leadership stems from character, not position.” – John Wooden

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” – Albert Einstein

“The creative adult is the child who survived.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.” – John Dewey

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

“Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things.” – Steve Jobs

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” – Peter Drucker

“Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.” – Anna Freud

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” – Albert Einstein

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk.” – Mark Zuckerberg

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

“Take risks: If you win, you’ll be happy; if you lose, you’ll be wise.” – Anonymous

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” – Michael John Bobak

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

“Fortune favors the bold.” – Virgil

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair

“Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” – Howard Schultz

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” – Frank Zappa

“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” – Henry Ford

“Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally. It comes from what you do consistently.” – Marie Forleo

“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean

“I'm not in this business for money or fame. I'm in it to leave a legacy.” – Kobe Bryant

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell

“The 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.” – Vince Lombardi

“The level of your success is determined by the strength of your desire and the depth of your commitment.” – Tony Robbins

“Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving; we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” – Maya Angelou

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling

“Success is rising one more time than you fall.” – Nathan Bransford

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” – African Proverb

“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” – Albert Einstein

“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult

“Scars are proof that you survived.” – Unknown

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“The moment you're afraid to do something, that's the moment you should do it.” – David Bowie

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.” – Zig Ziglar

“Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

“Growth begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch

“It’s not always that we need to do more but to see more, to see deeper.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Mistakes are proof that you are trying.” – Unknown

“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo da Vinci

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” – William Penn

“Lost time is never found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen R. Covey

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali

“One hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.” – Ben Franklin

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Bertrand Russell

“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” – Paul J. Meyer

“Focus on being productive instead of busy.” – Tim Ferriss

“You will never ‘find’ time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” – Charles Buxton

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Althsuler

“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” – Seneca

“Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” – Orison Swett Marden

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” – Colin R. Davis

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

“Success means doing the best we can with what we have.” – Zig Ziglar

“Don’t define yourself by what you accomplish, but by what you stand for.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.” – John Wooden

“Success isn’t owned; it’s rented—and rent is due every day.” – Chris Zook

“To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like.” – Mike Gafka

“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” – Robert Kiyosaki