Every step you take is a step towards greatness. Don’t be afraid to take that first step, and don’t stop until you reach your destination.
Here are 51 wise words about taking steps towards success, facing obstacles, and achieving greatness:
1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
2. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
3. If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. – Jim Rohn
4. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
5. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela
6. Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. – Roy T. Bennett
7. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. – Ann Landers
8. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. – Confucius
9. Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. – Christian D. Larson
10. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean
11. Success is not how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started. – Steve Prefontaine
12. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. – Lao Tzu
13. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein
14. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. – Ayn Rand
15. Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today. – Will Rogers
16. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt
17. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
18. If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. – Albert Einstein
19. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
20. The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Peter Drucker
21. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
22. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar
23. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. – Winston Churchill
24. The key to success is to start before you are ready. – Marie Forleo
25. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford
26. We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou
27. Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman
28. The best revenge is massive success. – Frank Sinatra
29. The only way to do great things is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
30. If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission. – Unknown
31. Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden
32. The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it. – Jordan Belfort
33. Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. – John D. Rockefeller
34. 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
35. I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan
36. Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds. – Orison Swett Marden
37. Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. – Sam Levenson
38. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi
39. You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
40. Dreams don’t work unless you do. – John C. Maxwell
41. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
42. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. – Stephen Covey
43. The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. – Thomas Paine
44. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. – Martin Luther King Jr.
45. Success is not a destination, it’s a journey. – Zig Ziglar
46. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas Edison
47. The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do. – John Holt
48. Success is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be. – Wayne Dyer
49. Don’t count the days, make the days count. – Muhammad Ali
50. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean
51. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs
Remember, taking that first step is the most important thing. Keep pushing forward, even when things get tough. And always believe in yourself and your potential for greatness. With hard work, determination, and a positive attitude, anything is possible.