If you want to do business, develop and become rich, it is best to learn from those who have reached certain heights in this field. Quotes about business and success of great people lift the veil of secrecy on a special way of thinking that goes beyond the stereotypical.

"Golden" percentage

In the UK, Oxford is home to the international confederation Oxfam, which includes 17 public organizations operating in 94 countries. The direction of their activity is the search for ways to solve injustice.

According to Oxfam data published in early 2016 under the title "Economy for the One Percent", the 1% have capital equivalent to the combined capital of 99% of the rest of the world's inhabitants. To carry out statistical calculations, 2015 indicators were used, taken from the report of the Credit Suisse Group, a Swiss financial conglomerate.

Great people

In reality, it is much more interesting how people become so successful and rich and how you can learn this. Since thinking is primary in relation to the actions taken, then perhaps it contains the key to understanding. There is no way to personally meet such people and ask them a bunch of questions. But it is still possible to go on a tangent to their worldview...

John Davison Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the undisputed authorities in the field of making large fortunes. Thanks to the media, some features of their views on doing business, and on life in general, are available to the attention of the general public today. The statements of financial tycoons are analyzed into quotes about business, leadership, success, achievements, the value of time and self-confidence.

John Davison Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller (07/08/1839-05/23/1937) - the world's first dollar billionaire. Founded the Standard Oil Company, the University of Chicago and According to Forbes, in 2007 terms, his fortune was estimated at $318 billion. Famous quotes about the business of Rockefeller John Davis:

Don't be afraid of big expenses, be afraid of small incomes.
Someone who works all day has no time to earn money.
A person who succeeds in life must sometimes go against the grain.
I would rather earn income from 1% of the efforts of a hundred people than from 100% of my own.
I have always tried to turn every adversity into an opportunity.
Clarity and specificity of goals are one of the main components of success, regardless of what exactly a person is striving for.
There is no other quality as essential to success in any field of endeavor as persistence.
Every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity an obligation, every possession an obligation.
Build your reputation first, then it will work for you.
The growth of business activity is the survival of the fittest.
The main task of capital is not to bring more money, but to increase money to improve life.
I felt like I was successful and profiting from everything because the Lord saw that I was going to turn around and give it my all.

Henry Ford

Henry Ford (07/30/1863-04/07/1947) - founder of the Ford Motor Company. According to Forbes, in terms of 2012 exchange rates, his fortune was estimated at $188.1 billion. about Henry Ford's business:

Exploring many different roads to wealth, trial and error, people do not notice the shortest and simplest path - through work.
It is much more common for people to give up than to fail.
Whether you think you're capable of something or you think you're not, you'll be right either way.
Among the older generation, the most popular advice is saving. But you shouldn't save money. Better value yourself: love yourself, invest in yourself. This will help you get rich in the future.
Thinking is the hardest job. Perhaps that is why so few people do it.
When it seems like the whole world is against you, remember, planes take off against the wind.
Enthusiasm is the basis of any progress. With it, you can do anything.
Successful people get ahead by using the time that others waste.
Quality is doing something well even when no one is looking.
It is impossible to create a reputation by intentions alone.
Along with the conviction that we have secured ourselves for the rest of our lives, the danger creeps up on us that, at the next turn of the wheel, we will be thrown off.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates (10/28/1955) is one of the founders of Microsoft. According to Forbes magazine, he ranks 1st on the list of the richest people in the world as of 2017. His fortune is $86 billion. Popular business quotes from Bill Gates:

A dollar will not fly between the “fifth point” and the sofa.
Do not confuse reality and what is shown on the TV screen. In life, people spend most of their time at their workplaces, not in coffee shops.
If you are not satisfied with something at your job, create your own business. I started my business in a garage. You should only devote time to things that really interest you.
When a good idea comes to your mind, act immediately.
Don’t rush to blame your parents for every failure. Don’t whine, don’t rush around with your misfortunes, but learn from them.
Celebrating success is great, but learning from your failures is more important.
Stop acting like you have 500 years to live.

Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett (08/30/1930) - head of the holding company Berkshire Hathaway. According to Forbes magazine, he ranks 2nd in the list of the richest people in the world as of 2017. His fortune is $75.6 billion. Witty Quotes About Warren Buffett's Success:

It takes 20 years to build a reputation, but 5 minutes to destroy it. You will approach things differently if you think about it.
Even if you are incredibly talented and put in incredible effort, some results just take longer to achieve: you won't get a baby in a month even if you get nine women pregnant.
Knowing where you shouldn't spend your attention is just as important as knowing where you should focus it.
If your boat is constantly leaking, instead of patching holes, it is wiser to focus your efforts on finding a new unit.
Putting off looking for a better job while sitting in one that is destroying you is the same as putting off sex until retirement.
If you are all so smart, then why am I so rich?
The best ones are those who do what they love.
Do business with people you like and share your goals.
The chance comes extremely rarely, but you always need to be prepared for it. When gold falls from the sky, you should have a bucket in your hands, not a thimble.

The presented statements reflect some facets of the worldview and self-perception of the richest people in the world. Quotes about success and business from these authors can be considered as advice from “those who know a lot about success,” containing the quintessence of wisdom, knowledge and practical experience. They can also serve as a good basis for starting to form a new “rich” mindset, change the usual way of acting and improve the quality of life.

Statements, quotes from great philosophers and thinkers, cultural figures, as well as famous people from various fields of science and art, and not only about success.

Aphorisms about success

There are no open doors in the temple of success. Each person entering breaks through his own door, which closes tightly behind him for all others and does not allow even his own children to pass through. (O. Marden)

I want it. So it will be. (Henry Ford)

I used to say, “I hope things change.” Then I realized that the only way for everything to change is for me to change. (Jim Rohn)

Everything will come true, you just have to stop wanting it. (Faina Ranevskaya)

The lesson I learned and followed throughout my life was to try, and try, and try again - but never give up! (Richard Branson)

All this is so not because I am so smart. This is all due to the fact that I don’t give up for a long time when solving a problem. (Albert Einstein)

Laziness makes everything difficult. (Benjamin Franklin)

Our big flaw is that we give up too quickly. The surest path to success is to always try one more time. (Thomas Edison)

Personally, I love strawberries and cream, but for some reason fish prefer worms. That's why when I go fishing, I don't think about what I like, but about what the fish like. (Dale Carnegie)

When you wake up in the morning, ask yourself: “What should I do?” In the evening, before falling asleep: “What have I done?” (Pythagoras)

Poor, unsuccessful, unhappy and unhealthy is the one who often uses the word “tomorrow”. (Robert Kiyosaki)

Even if you are very talented and put in a lot of effort, some results just take time: you won't get a baby in a month even if you get nine women pregnant. (Warren Buffett)

Old people always advise young people to save money. This is bad advice. Don't save nickels. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar in my life until I was forty. (Henry Ford)

The hardest road always leads to the top. (Christina Aguilera)

Every dream is given to you along with the strength necessary to make it come true. (Richard Bach)

You need to collect the stones that are thrown at you. This is the foundation of the future pedestal... (Hector Berlioz)

The only person you should compare yourself to is your past self. And the only person you should be better than is who you are now. (Sigmund Freud)

When it seems like the whole world is against you, remember that the plane takes off against the wind! (Henry Ford)

It doesn't matter how many of you there are. It is important to have faith and it is important to have a clear plan. Victory is perseverance. (Fidel Castro)

By investing time now, I gain time in the future. (Robert Kiyosaki)

If the heroes had time to think, there would be no heroism at all. (Peter Ustinov)

The most important thing in your life is ultimately your time. (Alan Lacane)

Time is the most limited capital, and if you can’t manage it, you won’t be able to manage anything else. (Peter Drucker)

Time is the least flexible element in your existence. (Ted W. Engstrom)

Just knowing is not enough; you also need to apply your knowledge in practice. (Goethe)

The most important action is to think about yourself. Out loud. (Coco Chanel)

You don't get a second chance to make a first impression. (Coco Chanel)

Only those who dare to make big mistakes will be able to achieve big successes. (Toby Reynolds)

The ability to manage time, along with proper leadership and techniques for influencing people, is a factor that determines your success or failure. (Ulrich Sievert)

It is true that angels exist, but sometimes they lack wings and we call them friends. (Author unknown)

He who lets his time slip away lets his life slip from his hands; he who holds his time in his hands holds his life in his hands. (Alan Lacane)

Are you concerned about the future? Build today. You can change everything. Grow a cedar forest on a barren plain. But it is important that you do not construct cedars, but plant seeds. (A. de Saint-Exupéry)

There is nothing easier than being busy and nothing more difficult than being productive. (Alain Mackenzie)

The greatness of a person is his ability to think. (Pascal)

Life is ten percent what you do in it, and ninety percent how you receive it. (Maugham)

Once we finally lost sight of the goal, we redoubled our efforts. (Mark Twain)

Never give up, even if you are eaten, you have two options. (Napoleon)

It seems that the key to success lies in the ability to continue to hold on to what you have when others have already given up. (Toby Reynolds)

Be afraid of your wishes - they come true! (Stations)

Every dream is given to you along with the strength necessary to realize it. (Richard Bach)

Success is nothing more than a few simple rules followed daily, and failure is simply a few mistakes repeated daily. (Jim Rohn)

Never listen to anyone, have your own opinion, your own head, your own thoughts and ideas, plans for life. Don't chase after anyone, just take a step towards, but not in pursuit. Nobody needs you. That's life. No one will build your happiness for you. (Jack Canfield)

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight with you. Then you win. (Mahatma Gandhi)

Twenty years from now you will regret more the things you didn't do than the things you did do. Therefore, cast aside your doubts! Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the fair wind with your sails. Explore. Dream. Open it up. (Mark Twain)

When it is obvious that a goal is unattainable, do not change the goal - change your plan of action. (Confucius)

A big tree grows from a sprout, a nine-story tower from a handful of earth, and a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. (Lao Tzu)

Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want. (Heath Ledger)

We do not dare to do much, not because it is difficult; it is difficult precisely because we do not dare to do it. (Seneca)

A successful person is always an amazing artist of his imagination. Imagination is much more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, but imagination is unlimited. (Albert Einstein)

Great things need to be done, not thought about endlessly. (Julius Caesar)

A gemstone cannot be polished without friction. Likewise, a person cannot become successful without enough hard attempts. (Confucius)

I cannot control the direction of the wind, but I can always set the sails in such a way as to achieve my goal. (Oscar Wilde)

Success is what makes great people. (Napoleon Bonaparte)

Each of us wants to become a successful person. But let's think for a moment, what is success? There is no single definition for this term. It is individual for each of us and depends on the area in which we are looking for it.

However, from time to time, each of us needs a source of inspiration from which we will draw strength and who will support us and help us move on. To this end, I have collected for you quotes from great people about success.

30 quotes from great people about success

If you are not in the business of building your dreams, someone will hire you to help them build their own dreams. Dhirubhai Ambani

The first step towards achieving success is refusing to be a prisoner of the environment in which you first need to find yourself. Mark Cain

You can't connect the dots looking forward. To connect them, you need to look back into the past. Therefore, you must trust the dots that you will connect with each other in the future. You have to believe in something, be it karma, character, destiny, life or anything else. This approach to life has never let me down and it was he who made all the changes in my life. Steve Jobs

Successful people are always on the move. The more success they achieve, the more they want to achieve it in the future, and the more they find ways to achieve their success. Another tendency works in the same way, when something does not work out, during these periods it is very important to hold on and not go into a downward spiral. Tony Robbins

When I allow myself to use my strength and power to achieve what is in front of my eyes, then it does not matter at all whether I feel fear or not. Audre Lorde

The choice is ours, because only we can show who we really are. After all, in fact, we are much more than our capabilities. J. Rowling

You must learn the rules of the game. And only after that should you play better than others. Albert Einstein

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, stop and think. Mark Twain

A successful person is one who can build a strong foundation from the bricks that others have thrown at him. David Brinkley

The question is not who is going to allow me, but who is going to stop me. Ain Reid

Who are the crazy people? These are those who are not suitable for any position. These are rebels, troublemakers. Round pegs for square holes. Those who see things around them completely differently. They don't like rules. They don't respect the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify them, or denigrate them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they can make a difference. They push humanity forward. And while some see them as crazy, we see them as geniuses. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who can do it. Steve Jobs

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt

I didn't fail. I just found 10 thousand ways that don't work. Thomas Edison

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

If you don't value your time, others won't value it either. Stop giving away your time and talents. All that matters is what you know and what you charge for. Kim Garst

I used to want my gravestone to say “She tried...”, but now I want “She did it.” Katherine Dunham

Don't let the fear of loss dominate the excitement of winning. Robert Kiyosaki

Live like you're going to die tomorrow. Study as if you were going to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi

The difference between successful people and the rest is not at all the presence of power, not the knowledge, but rather the presence of will. Vince Lombardi

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed in what you didn't do than in what you did do. Mark Twain

A successful warrior is an ordinary person who can focus on a target like a marksman with a laser sight. Bruce Lee

Every great thought begins with a dreamer. Always remember that you have the willpower, patience and passion to reach for the stars and change the worldHarriet Tubman

It really comes down to your philosophy. Do you want to play it safe and good or would you like to take risks for a chance to be great? Jimmy J.

Do you still doubt your abilities? Put all doubts aside, it's time to arm yourself with self-confidence and move towards your own success. Phrases from successful people, famous thinkers, movie and sports stars will help you believe in yourself. We present to your attention a selection of motivational quotes for achieving success in life, in business, in study or in any other endeavor.

He who believes in his luck is lucky. (K. Goebbel)

If you work towards your goals, then those goals will work for you. (D. Ron)

You must treat yourself today as a person who has achieved success. (D. Ron)

Start every morning by reading the list of the richest people. If you're not there, get to work. (R. Orben)

Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pockets. (P. Bauet)

Success is being on time. (M. Tsvetaeva)

Each time you need to jump off a cliff and grow wings on the way down. (Ray Bradbury)

The world belongs to optimists, pessimists are just spectators. (F. Guizot)

Any achievement begins with the decision to try. (M. Baryshnikov)

The secret of success is to know something that no one else knows. (A. Onassis)

You can be invincible if you do not enter into any battle in which victory does not depend on you. (Epictetus)

In serious matters, one should care not so much about creating favorable opportunities as about not missing them. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

Anyone can give up - it's the easiest thing in the world. But to continue, even when everyone around you accepted and would forgive you for your defeat - this is where real strength lies.

I want it. So it will be. (G. Ford)

Every dream is given to you along with the strength necessary to make it come true. However, you may have to work hard for this. (Richard Bach).

If you try, you have two options: it will work or it won’t. And if you don't try, there is only one option.

To reach the goal, a person needs only one thing. Go. (Honore de Balzac)

Success is the ability to move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. (W. Churchill)

You will never cross the ocean if you are afraid of losing sight of the shore. (H. Columbus)

The desire to succeed without hard work is similar to the desire to harvest where you did not plant the seeds. (David Bly)

To swim against the current, a fish must be strong; even a dead fish can swim with the current. (John Crowe Ransom)

Defeat is just one of the options for the development of events that must be discarded as unnecessary. (Joan Landen)

We are born to be persistent, because only through persistence will we know what we are truly worth. (Tobias Wolf)

To achieve success, you need to do only 2 things: clearly define what you really want, and then pay the required amount for it all. (Nelson Bunker Hunt)

Dreams are like stars... you may never reach them, but if you reach for them, they will lead you to your destiny. (Gail Deavers)

Set yourself a high goal and don't stop until you achieve it. (Bo Jackson)

If you want to succeed, ask yourself 4 questions:
Why?
Why not?
Why not me?
Why not right now? (Jimmy Ray Dean)

Praise yourself for what you have already achieved and don't get discouraged. (Salma Hayek)

If you want to be better than others, then get ready to do what others don't want to do. (Mike Phelps)

If you are not ready to work, then you are ready to lose. (Mark Spitz)

The sleeper will get nothing but dreams. (Serena Williams)

An obstacle is what a person’s gaze rests on when he takes his gaze away from his goal. (Tom Cruise)

If you're not going to go all the way, why are you even doing it? (Joe Namath)

There may be people more talented than you, but you will not find excuses if someone works harder than you. (Derek Jeter)

Practice. Learn. Always be prepared. (Derek Jeter)

Achieving your goals requires patience and enthusiasm. Think globally - but be realistic. (Donald Trump)

Motivational quotes in English with translation

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. (The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams).

Success doesn't come to you. You go to it. (Success does not come to you on its own. You go to it).

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. (It doesn't matter how slow you go if you don't stop).

Success is not in what you have, but who you are. (Success is not what you have, but what you are)

Visualize yourself being successful. How would you walk, talk, act or work? (Visualize yourself as successful. How would you walk, talk, act or work?)

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. (Setting goals is the first step in making the invisible visible.)

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. (Motivation almost always trumps sheer talent).

Motivational quotes for business success and wealth

If you are ready to give up, then you are much closer to success than you think.

Focus on your desires and remember that thoughts are material.

Take on as much work as you can handle in one day.

Keep an eye on your competitors, but pay more attention to what you do yourself.

Your well-being depends on your own decisions.

A clear goal is the first step to any achievement

Choose a profession you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. (Confucius)

The work we do willingly heals pain. (William Shakespeare)

Love and work are the only worthwhile things in life. Work is a unique form of love. (Marilyn Monroe)

There's only one kind of work that doesn't cause depression, and that's work that you don't have to do. (Georges Elgozy)

I'm a strong believer in luck, and I've noticed that the harder I work, the luckier I am. (Thomas Jefferson)

Motivational phrases for studying

What you can do well, don’t forget, and what you can’t do, learn.

Don't be in a hurry to leave the student's chair, and they won't rush you to leave the teacher's chair.

Whatever you learn, you learn for yourself.

Enjoy the opportunity for continuous growth

Even in the company of two people, I will certainly find something to learn from them. I will try to imitate their virtues, and I myself will learn from their shortcomings. (Confucius)

Only the wisest and the stupidest are not teachable. (Confucius)

The pain of learning is only temporary. The torment of ignorance - ignorance - is eternal.

Motivational phrases for sports and weight loss

Those who cannot find time to exercise will have to find time to get sick! (Edward Stanley)

Each workout is a little story, a piece of your life...

If you want, you will find time; if you don’t want, you will find a reason.

Sport is your heartbeat, your breathing, your rhythm of life...

Good day, dear readers of my blog! In order for achievements to be present in your life and you to realize your plans and goals, I suggest that you consider motivational quotes for success for inspiration and confidence. They are about great people who achieved recognition and even changed history. They revealed to us their secrets of success, in the form of aphorisms about business, creativity and the path of their development in general.

Top 50 best quotes

I want it. So it will be. Henry Ford.
Believe that you can, and half the way has already been completed. Theodore Roosevelt
The most effective way to do something is to do it. Amelia Earhart
When it seems like the whole world is against you, remember that a plane takes off against the wind.
You don't have to be great to start, but you do have to start to become great.
If you try, you have two options: it will work or it won’t. And if you don't try, there is only one option.
Success is the ability to move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Winston Churchill.
There are two types of people who will tell you that you can't achieve something: those who are afraid to try themselves, and those who are afraid that you will succeed. Ray Goforth
Only those who do nothing make no mistakes! Don't be afraid to make mistakes - don't be afraid to repeat mistakes! Theodore Roosevelt.
It’s not your problems that should push you back, but your dreams that should lead you forward. Douglas Everett
If you stop every time you are insulted or spat at, then you will never get to the place where you need to go. Tibor Fischer
Opportunities don't really just appear. You create them yourself. Chris Grosser
Many people lose power because they think they don't have it. Alice Walker
Falling is neither dangerous nor shameful; staying down is both.
The difference between someone who achieves something and someone who achieves nothing is determined by who started first. Charles Schwab
The starting point of any success is desire. Napoleon Hill
I didn't fail. I just found 10,000 ways that don't work. Thomas Edison
Even if you are very talented and put in a lot of effort, some results just take time: you won't get a baby in a month even if you get nine women pregnant. Warren Buffett
It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one that best adapts to change. Charles Darwin
Leaders are not born or made by anyone - they make themselves.
Millions of people saw apples fall, but only Newton asked why.
The most important thing is to do at least something to achieve success, and do it right now. This is the most important secret - despite all its simplicity. Everyone has amazing ideas, but rarely does anyone do anything to put them into practice, right now. Not tomorrow. Not in a week. Now.
The only way to define the limits of what is possible is to go beyond those limits.
You should not compare yourself with others, and if nature created you to be a bat, you should not try to become an ostrich. Hermann Hoesse
All progress happens outside of your comfort zone. Michael John Bobak
If you think you're too small to be effective, then you've never fallen asleep with a mosquito in the room. Betty Reese
I'm not trying to dance better than anyone else. I try to dance only better than myself. Mikhail Baryshnikov
You will never be able to solve a problem if you keep the same thinking and the same approach that led you to this problem. Albert Einstein
An entrepreneur should not view failure as a negative experience: it is simply a part of the learning curve. Richard Branson
Your well-being depends on your own decisions. John Rockefeller
I'm convinced that half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from unsuccessful ones is persistence. Steve Jobs
To succeed, you need to separate yourself from 98% of the world's population. Donald Trump
Knowledge is not enough, you must apply it. Desire is not enough, you have to do. Bruce Lee
Success has more to do with action. Successful people keep trying. They make mistakes, but they don't stop. Kondar Hilton
Always choose the difficult, difficult path - you will not meet competitors on it. Charles de Gaulle
Most people are much stronger than they think, they just forget to believe it sometimes.
If a person does not try to do more than he can, then he will never be able to do all that he is capable of.
Our greatest glory is not that we have never failed, but that we have always risen after falling. Ralph Emerson
The air is full of ideas. They are constantly knocking on your head. You just have to know what you want, forget it and do your own thing. The idea will come suddenly. It has always been this way. Henry Ford
Successful people do what unsuccessful people don't want to do. Don't strive for it to be easier, strive for it to be better. Jim Rohn
A ship is safer in port, but that's not what it was built for. Grace Hopper
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to destroy it. You will approach things differently if you think about it. Warren Buffett
If all you do during the work week is calculate how many hours and minutes are left before the weekend starts, you will never become a billionaire. Donald Trump
If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate. Thomas Watson
I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career and lost almost 300 games. 26 times I was trusted to take the final winning shot and missed. I failed again and again and again. And that's why I was successful. Michael Jordan
Take the idea. Make it your life - think about it, dream about it, live it. Let your mind, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be filled with this one idea. This is the path to success. Swami Vivekananda
Twenty years from now you will regret more the things you didn't do than the things you did do. Therefore, cast aside your doubts. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the fair wind with your sails. Explore. Dream. Open it up. Mark Twain
Hidden in your subconscious is the power that can change the world. William James
The most important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept trying even when there was no hope left. Dale Cornegy
Anyone who has not faced difficulties does not know strength. Someone who has never experienced adversity does not need courage. It is mysterious, however, that the best character traits in a person grow precisely in soil filled with difficulties. Harry Fosdick

That's all for today, dear readers! I wish you to be inspired and reach the same heights that the famous corporations that I talked about in the article reached. After all, they all took leading positions in the world market thanks to the determination of their owners.

Use the aphorisms you like in your work and your life, they will help you get a second wind and move forward no matter what.