Quotes for Success
Seeking quotes for inspiration or motivation?
If you want inspirational or motivational quotes about personal or business success – Welcome!
Focus is the key to success so instead of just throwing a random jumble of quotes at you, here's one special selection from our bank of motivational and inspirational quotes for success. We’ll keep posting new selections, so check back for more.
A good quote isn’t just an armchair read, enjoyed but quickly forgotten. If it ‘speaks to you’ a good motivational or inspirational quote will set you thinking – and asking yourself what you could do differently.
As professional coaches we ask key questions, and we help people get inspired, take effective action and get exceptional results. So we couldn’t resist adding a few comments and questions to get you started!
The insights that come from thinking about a quote can take you a long way - if you take action!
Enjoy our latest selection of quotes:
Future and Past
Urgent / important
Friendship
Being special
1st step to what you want
Quote:
You’re always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past
-- Richard Bach
Comparatively few people fully claim their power to choose their future, but far fewer experience the freedom that comes from recognizing it’s also possible to reinvent or reinterpret your past.
Question:
Would it help you move forward if you changed the storyline in your own personal history?
Quote:
Unless you take a conscious control of your decision making, you’ll respond to the urgent, even if it’s relatively unimportant, and shun the important, unless it also carries a sense of urgency.
-- Marshall Cook
The Tyranny of the Urgent’ is usually created by trying to meet other people’s deadlines, while what is truly important often relates to what matters to us – where we set the deadlines for ourselves, or more often we don’t!
Question:
Whose deadlines and priorities decide how you allocate your time and energy?
What is important to you that really deserves your urgent attention right now?
Quote:
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
-- Henry Ford
Our friends can have a huge impact on us – for better or worse! The good news is we actually get to choose our friends, and the kind of friend we are to others.
Question:
Which of your friends brings out the best in you?
How well do you qualify as a ‘best friend’?
Quote:
Why be mediocre when you can be special? Find out what it is that makes you the unique individual that you are and reassess your priorities; generate new ideas and expand your strengths.
-- Vera Peiffer
We are all unique individuals, but most people seem content to ‘follow the crowd’, afraid to step out of line.
Question:
Are you more concerned with fitting in than being fit for purpose?
How much are the priorities that drive you truly your own priorities?
Quote:
The first step to having what it is that you want in your life is to take responsibility for the way your life is now.
-- Tad James
Most people carry a catalogue of excuses for the things about their life they don’t like. It may feel more comfortable to blame other people or even outside ‘forces’ such as the economy for the way things are. Sometimes it may even appear utterly justifiable to see ourselves as a victim of circumstances.
Despite the discomfort, there is tremendous power in accepting the responsibility yourself – it magnifies your potential for creating what you want for the future!
Question:
Are you allowing excuses or blame to position yourself as a victim?
Could you find more power to shape your future by claiming back the power you had to shape your present?
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