Blake Beattie – International Speaker, Author & Management Consultant



Personal Success Quotes.
“The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”
“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you will find success.”
– Thomas J. Watson.
“Success doesn’t come to you…you go to it.”
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, nor a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.”
– Vincent T. Lombardi.
“Success is a journey, not a destination.”
“I’ve learnt more from my failures than my successes.”
“If we all did the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
“I believe the greater the handicap, the greater the triumph.”
“My list of ingredients for success is divided into four basic groups: Inward, Outward, Upward and Onward.”
“Success is not so much what we have as it is what we are.”
Health, happiness and success depend upon the fighting spirit of each person. The big thing is not what happens to us in life – but what we do about what happens to us.”
“As you climb the ladder of success, check occasionally to make sure it is leaning against the right wall.”
“The most important question to ask on the job is not “what am I getting?” The most important question to ask is “What am I becoming?”
“You are only a failure, if you fail to try.”
“Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.”
It is the source of all power.
It is the fountain of wisdom.
It is the source of perpetual youth.
It is the opportunity to seek God.
It is the opportunity to help others.
It is God’s greatest gift.
It is the music of the soul.
It is the road to happiness.
It is what the future is made of.
It is the greatest power on earth.
It is too short a day to be selfish.
It is the price of success.
– Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Bible.
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”
“I found every single successful person I’ve ever spoken to had a turning point. The turning point was when they made a clear,specific unequivocal decision that they were not going to live like this anymore;they were going to achieve success.Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50,and most people never make it all.”
“Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.”
– Dr. Joyce Brothers.
“1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
“You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility.”
“Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.”
“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
“I don’t know the key to success but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.”
“Somehow I can’t believe there are many heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret can be summarized in four C’s. They are: curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of these is confidence.”
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather to become a man of value. He is considered successful in our day who gets more out of life than he puts in. But a man of value will give more than he receives.”
“To laugh often and much;
– Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“Keep these concepts in mind: You’ve failed many times, although you don’t remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. . . . Don’t worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.”
“The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.”