Success Quotes

The bridge you burn today might be the ones you'll need to walk on tomorrow.

The bridge you burn today might be the ones you'll need to walk on tomorrow.


Life is a journey of dreams coming true through you... your or someone else's: Which will it be?Life is a journey of dreams coming true through you... your or someone else's: Which will it be?

A  plan is a private diagram; without it, you haven’t started as yet, tiger!

A  plan is a private diagram; without it, you haven’t started as yet, tiger!

What is a visionary

A visionary is always professionally employed by, and diligently working for his future and the future of his fellow human brethren.

Complement, complement, complementThe most apparently macho male or the most seemingly independent female that you can find anywhere, can do very well with a dose or two of praise or complement!

Your fat instead of big.

The average person who is unable to span or suppress you will declare that you are fat instead of big.

Better to die on your way to a dream.

It is better to die on your way to a dream than to live for one day without one.

Take care of God's business... He will take care of yours.When you engage God in making your calls for you, get off the line, hang up, put down the phone, keep your mouth shut and go take care of God's business. Leave yours to Him and let Him take care of it.

Identify and supply the crave, win the approval.Every time a person approaches you, he/she is asking for something. It might just be attention.If you can identify that thing and furnish or supply it each time, you can have the world eating out of your hand in no time.

You and God are necessities, everyone and everything else is luxury. When you lose everything and everyone and your assets become just you, look up to your Maker and remember that everything and everyone else is luxury. Luxury is exactly that; it's not a necessity.

It is the ambition to perfect the skills that makes experts, not the initial learning.

It is the ambition to perfect skills that makes experts, not the initial learning of them.

Mankind’s two extreme mirrors: When his back is against the wall and when he has the upper hand.

It is the ambition to perfect skills that makes experts, not the initial learning of them.

Deliberately forget or forget success.


If one lacks the ability to deliberately forget, he might as well forget success.

The hardest person to regulate is “me!”The hardest person to regulate is "me." My hardest task in life is to learn to regulate myself. I firmly believe that if I truly learned how to do that, I will have truly learned how to regulate others.

Be average but achieve above average.Many of the history makers weren't perfect or even near to it. They just amounted to an average person who was determined to achieve above average.

Remove human support and extinction is your destination!Remove human support from any person and extinction is his destination.

Imitators cherish history while inventors make and shape it.

Imitators cherish history; inventors make and shape it.

Make your investments so wisely that you will smile beyond the bank into eternity!

Make your investment so wisely that you'll smile all the way to eternity instead of to the bank.

Initiate and instigate revolution in the right direction. People are easier lead than driven!Initiate and instigate revolution in the right direction —people are easier led or enticed into doing right, than driven.

Mankind’s only two friends are himself and his benefits.


Mankind's only two friends are himself and his benefits

The best media to invest in to erect a famous person or organization is God first and people second.

The best medium for making a famous person or organization is people. God also used them to build his organizations and institutions (Genesis 1:26-28).

Though you have the right to excel within your own rights, it is within your own rights that you have the right to excel… that right is given to everyone.Humility is the resolve that though you have the right to excel within your own rights, it is within your own rights that you have the right to excel and the same right is given to all others.

If your gold (goal) is in the west, you are off course if you are traveling northwest.


If your gold is in the west, you are off course if you are traveling northwest.

The moment you stop winning, you were a winner.The moment that you stopped winning, you were a winner.

Practice makes professionals and without practice, excellence is an impossibility.

Practice makes professionals, and without practice, excellence is an impossibility.

Problems or disappointments will either prove something to you, in you, about you or all of them.

Problems or disappointments will either prove something to you, in you, about you or all of them together.

Fools invest in financial institutions… wise people invest in people.Fools invest in financial institutions; wise people invest in people. Invest in people and invest in yourself because you are a person like they are.

There is more truth in what is not said than what is said.

There is more truth in what is not said than what is said.

People are slow to admit, quick to condemn, show to complement.

People are quick to condemn, slow to compliment and slow to admit.

Master the art of mastering yourself first, then you will have earned the right to master others.Master the art of mastering yourself first, then you will have earned the right to master the art of mastering others.

The two basic motivational approaches are love or benefits and fear or consequences, to get or to get away from.The two basic motivational approaches are love or benefits and fear or consequences, to get or to get away from.


Most people most of the times give themselves the benefit of the doubt instead of their victims.Most people, most of the time, give themselves the benefit of the doubt instead of giving it to their victims.


The excellency of a person’s achievability depends greatly upon his ability to prevent himself from being distracted, more so sidetracked.The “excellency” of a person's "achieve-ability" depends greatly upon his ability to prevent himself from being distracted and more so, sidetracked.

The gold mine of every person’s success is people and the gold is their support.

The gold mine of every person's success is people and the gold is their support.

The greatest spy of all times is time itself. Time reveals a multitude of secrets.The greatest spy of all time is time itself. Time reveals a multitude of secrets.

The head of man’s destiny is God, and the head of the body is the mind. To get the body to do something, you must convince its head, the mind.The head of man's destiny is God and the head of his body is his mind. If you want to get the body to do something for you, consult its head, the mind.

The “me” person seeks to highlight the defects of others and the perfection of himself. The “people” person seeks to highlight the good quality of others and work on the defects of himself.

The "me" person seeks to elevate, draw attention to, and magnify the defects in others, and the perfection in himself. The "people" person seeks to elevate, draw attention to, and magnify the good qualities in others while working on the defects in himself.

Watch the poison mouth… it will utterly wipe you out.

Watch the poison mouth; it can utterly wipe you out.


The secret of knowing a person is talking to him unlimitedly.The secret of knowing a person is talking to him unlimitedly, while on guard, off guard, on an average day, in a pressuring situation; just talk to that person and take note of the responses.


If you did not pass the test before the contest, you will not pass it at the contest.If you don't pass the test before the contest, you won't pass it at the contest.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line and the shortest distance between your current and intended status is a straight path.The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and the shortest distance between your state and your intended status is a straight path.

There is the WORD BIBLE and the WORLD BIBLE.There is the “World” Bible and there is the “Word” Bible.

The person who is able to command himself successfully before he is commanded, has learned the true secret of freedom.The person, who has learned to successfully command himself to do the right before he is commanded to, has learned the true secret of freedom.


Truth has a way of staying alive under piles and piles of rubbish, and forgotten moons later bursting through, glowing as genuine and fresh as it has ever been.Truth has a way of staying alive under piles and piles of rubbish and, forgotten moons later, bursting through and growing as fresh and genuine as it has always been.

Take the camera off you and focus it on others for the rest of your life and see the world flock you for their portraits.

Take the camera off yourself and focus it on others for the rest of your life and see the world flock to you for their portraits.

Waiting on God does not mean inactivity, it is an active engagement with life’s challenges within the revealed will of God as we remain confident that His divine destiny will be accomplished in due season (His season).Waiting on God does not mean inactivity. It is an active engagement with life challenges within His revealed will,while we remain confident that His deliverance or divine destiny will be accomplished in due season, which is His season. Prov. 22:14

It is the appropriate or effective use of knowledge that is power, instead of knowledge alone.

It is the appropriate or effective use of knowledge that is power, Instead of knowledge alone.

The walk of a mile is the total sum of steps.

The walk of a mile is a total sum of steps.

The heart dreams of a destination, but the steps take you there, so watch your steps. Regardless of what the heart dreams, where you are stepping is where you are heading.The heart dreams of a destination but your steps take you to your destination. So watch your steps, because, regardless of what the heart dreams, where you are stepping is where you are headed.

Bees are attracted to flowers because of their pollen instead of their beauty. You will not win the world over by how tall you stand or your looks but by what you offer.Bees are attracted to flowers because of their nectar or pollen, not their beauty. You will not win the world over by how tall you stand or how good you look; only by what you can offer.

Power is demonstrated not by demonstrating what you can do only; but also what you can refrain from or prevent yourself from doing.

Power is proven not by demonstrating what you can do only, but also what you can refrain from or prevent yourself from doing.


It is a royal art to be silent enough to discern what people are really saying.It's a royal art to be silent enough to truly discern what people are really saying. What they say is not usually what they are saying. What they are saying is usually between what they say and how they say it.

God’s apparent delay is not necessarily His denial.God’s apparent delay is not to be interpreted as indefinite or absolute withholdings. Sowing and reaping have a process of time between them. Most importantly, God is never too late or too early… He is always on time.

The greatest ability of all is the ability to deliberately lose to definitely win.The greatest ability of all is the ability to deliberately lose to definitely win.

After you have done all you can, you would have done all that you can… leave the rest to God!After you have done all that you can, you would have done all that you can. When you have done all that you can, then that is all that you can do. Leave the rest to God!

Every choice carries immediate or long-term gratification, but also an equivalent amount of immediate or long-term consequences.Every choice gives immediate or long-term gratification but carries an equivalent proportion of consequence.

Your greetings can win you a place or gain you a place with its recipients.Your greeting can win you a place with its recipient or gain you a place with its recipient.

As you grow in years, you will see that your enemies hardly get to hurt you – your "friend-enemies" do.As you grow in years, you will see that your enemies hardly get to hurt you – your "friend-enemies" do.