Looking for inspirational quotes from famous people about mindset, success, and life?
These quotes by famous people will help you stay on the right track as you pursue your dreams.
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But do love to feature the nuggets of wisdom that some of our favorite celebs and public figures drop.
Which famous actor or actress, business magnate, or political icon do you look up to?
What are some qualities of famous people you respect?
What are some traits and mindsets you have incorporated into your life from people you admire?
We all need a boost from time to time – even famous people! Sometimes, we find it in the most unlikely places.
But it helps to have a few words of wisdom from famous figures to know that even the most successful names out there have had some rough days, too.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from famous people that have helped me stay on track through life’s adventures!
Quotes by famous people that will inspire you
1.) “Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel
2.) “I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me. As if there’s a one size fits all standard for happiness.” – Kanye West
3.) “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” – Tony Robbins
4.) “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle
5.) “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu
6.) “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein
7.) “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.” – Sheryl Sandberg
8.) “You get what you settle for.” – Thelma and Louise
9.) “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T. S. Eliot
10.) “Only those who play to win. Only those who risk to win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary.” – Iveta Cherneva
Sayings and quotes by famous people on life and success
11.) “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this, and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” – Marissa Mayer
12.) “If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” – Dhirubhai Ambani
13.) “Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
14.) “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anais Nin
15.) “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.“ – Robert Louis Stevenson
16.) “Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting.” – Karl Wallenda
17.) “Pearls don’t lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it.” – Chinese proverb
18.) “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.” – Mark Caine
19.) “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot
20.) “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
Quotes by famous people about life
21.) “You can’t outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little side bets about the outcome of life. Either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don’t play at all. And if you don’t play you can’t win.” – Judith McNaught
22.) “Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not.” – Deepak Chopra
23.) “Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one’s ideas, to take a calculated risk and to act.” – Andre Malraux
24.) “If things seem under control, you are just not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti
25.) “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something; your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs
26.) “Every man dies, but not every man really lives.” – Braveheart
27.) “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” – Oprah Winfrey
28.) “Leap and the net will appear.” – Zen Proverb
29.) “Saying it is impossible to live without failing at something is impossible. Unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.” – J.K. Rowling
30.) “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.” – Denis Waitley
Quotes from Famous People On Life and Love
31.) “I don’t think you’re human if you don’t get nervous.” – Sidney Crosby
32.) “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb
33.) “Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” – Jimmy Carter
34.) “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd
35.) “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield
36.) “The universe has no restrictions. You place restrictions on the universe with your expectations.” – Deepak Chopra
37.) “Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life is too short to think small.” – Tim Ferriss
38.) “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.” – Mark Twain
39.) “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
40.) I’ve missed more than 9000 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
Famous sayings and quotes by famous people
41.) “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
42.) “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby
43.) “Your dreams are ballbusters; they’re not the yellow brick road.” – Kelly Cutrone
44.) “Screw it, let’s do it!” – Richard Branson
45.) “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
46.) “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.” – Ellen DeGeneres
47.) “You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.” – Marissa Mayer
48.) “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” – Jim Rohn
49.) “If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business because we’d be too cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.” – Annie Dillard
50.) “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” – Billy Wilder
Thoughtful quotes by famous people
51.) “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein
52.) “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi
53.) “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln
54.) “There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela
55.) “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
56.) “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”- Bill Gates
57.) “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” – Henry Ford
58.) “When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.”―
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