John C. Maxwell: Quotes about success

“Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.”

“Success is…
knowing your purpose in life,
growing to reach your maximum potential, and
sowing seeds that benefit others.”

“Failure is far more common than success; poverty is more prevalent than wealth; and disappointment is more normal than arrival.”

“If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.”

“A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.
By John Maxwell”

“True success comes only when every generation continues to develop the next generation.”

“Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.”

“Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.”

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”

“It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.”

“One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.”

“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom though failure. We get very little wisdom from success.”

“Successful people do two things that many other people don’t: They initiate action, and they finish what they start.”

“Successful people don’t allow their feelings to determine their behavior. They behave their way into feeling so that they can do what they must to grow and keep moving forward.”

“Successful people are realistic about their problems and find positive ways to approach them.”

“Success lies in having made the effort; failure lies in never having tried.”

“The most common trait in successful people: They have conquered the temptation to give up.”

“Success doesn’t always bring growth, but personal growth will always add to our success.”

“Its easier to go from failure to success than it is from excuses to success.”