Madame C. J Walker Quotes on Life and Success

Today, I want to share with you some quotes about life and success from Madame C. J. Walker; the first American millionaires who rose from slavery to financial freedom. If you are ready to learn from this self made millionaire, then below are Madame C. J. Walker quotes on life and success.

  Madame C. J. Walker Quotes on Life and Success

1.            I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

2.            God answered my prayer, for one night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. Some of the remedy was grown in Africa, but I sent for it, mixed it, put it on my scalp, and in a few weeks my hair was coming in faster than it had ever fallen out. I tried it on my friends; it helped them. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.

3.            When we began to make $10 a day, my ex-husband thought that was enough, thought I ought to be satisfied. But I was convinced that my hair preparation would fill a long-felt want. And when we found it impossible to agree, due to his narrowness of vision, I embarked on business for myself.

4.            I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.

5.            I got my start by giving myself a start.

6.            I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.

7.            There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.

8.            Perseverance is my motto.

9.            I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.

Jim Rohn Quotes and Success Formula for Achieving Greatness

Today, I will be sharing with you the success quotes and formula of one of the world’s greatest motivational speaker and personal development quotes and that person is no other than “Jim Rohn.” Jim Rohn was an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, success and personal development coach. During his life time and even in death, his success formula and teachings continues to influence millions of lives all over the world.

The success quotes and success formula of Jim Rohn is so effective that it influenced positively the lives of people like Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, T. V. Eker and it’s this same success formula and quotes that I will be sharing with you today. If you are ready to be inspired; then read on as I share with you Jim Rohn’s success formula and quotes for achieving greatness.

 Jim Rohn Quotes and Success Formula for Achieving Greatness

1.            A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

2.            A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

3.            Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

4.            Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

5.            Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

6.            Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t born with and must take responsibility for forming.

7.            Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

8.            Don’t bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don’t feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

9.            Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

10.          Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

11.          Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

12.          Either you run the day or the day runs you.

13.          Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

14.          Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

15.          For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

16.          Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

17.          Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

18.          Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

19.          Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

20.          Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

21.          If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

22.          If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

23.          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.

24.          If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.

25.          If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build, end up building us.

26.          It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

27.          It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.

28.          Labor gives birth to ideas.

29.          Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

30.          Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

  Jim Rohn Quotes and Success Formula for Achieving Greatness

31.          Make measurable progress in reasonable time.

32.          Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

33.          Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.

34.          Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

35.          Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

36.          Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you’re signed up for a season, see it through. You don’t have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

37.          Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

38.          Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

39.          Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

40.          Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

41.          Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.

42.          Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

43.          Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

44.          Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

45.          The book you don’t read won’t help.

46.          The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

47.          The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.

48.          The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

49.          The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

50.          The more you know the less you need to say.

51.          The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

52.          The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

53.          The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing.

54.          There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; it’s what we do with them that is important.

55.          Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.

56.          Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

57.          To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

58.          We get paid for bringing value to the market place.

59.          We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

60.          Whatever good things we build end up building us.

  Jim Rohn Quotes and Success Formula for Achieving Greatness

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it. Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness – great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.

61.          Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

62.          Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

63.          Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

64.  You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

65.  You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

66.  You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

67.  Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

Walt Disney Quotes on Dreams, Imagination and Life

Today, I will be sharing with you some of Walt Disney’s quotes on dreams, imagination and life. But before I share Walt Disney’s quotes with you, let’s take a glance at his bio.

Walt Elias Disney was an American film producer; animator, director, entertainer, entrepreneur, screen writer and voice actor. He is the co-founder of The Walt Disney Company; a billion dollar company. Walt Disney is well known for his creative imagination; which saw the creation of one of the most popular character “Mickey Mouse.

Walt Disney is on our list of school dropped billionaires; as he dropped out of school at the age of 16. Before his death, Walt Disney left behind some quotes on dreams, imagination and life. 

 Walt Disney Quotes on Dreams, Imagination and Life

1.            I am interested in entertaining people, in bringing pleasure, particularly laughter, to others, rather than being concerned with ‘expressing’ myself with obscure creative impressions.

2.            “We are not trying to entertain the critics. I’ll take my chances with the public.”

3.            You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

4.            When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage.

5.            “I don’t like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It’s just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.”

6.            “Somehow I can’t believe there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy and the greatest of these is Confidence. When you believe a thing, believe it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.”

7.            “I never called my work an ‘art.’ It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.”

8.            “I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.”

9.            “Whenever I go on a ride, I’m always thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.”

10.          “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

  Walt Disney Quotes on Dreams, Imagination and Life

11.          “The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true.”

12.          “Tomorrow can be a wonderful age.”

13.          “You are dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”

14.          “I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.”

15.          “You reach a point where you don’t work for money.”

16.          “I have no use for people who throw there weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.”

17.          “Adults are interested if you don’t play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don’t believe in talking down to children. I don’t believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching.”

18.          “A man should never neglect his family for business.”

19.          “When we consider a project, we really study it–not just the surface idea, but everything about it. And when we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. And we work hard to do the best possible job.”

20.          Biggest problem? Well, I’d say it’s been my biggest problem all my life; ‘money.’ It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true. From the very start it was a problem; getting the money to open Disneyland. About seventeen million it took. And we had everything mortgaged including my personal insurance.

21.          “It’s no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.”

22.          “When we opened Disneyland, a lot of people got the impressions that it was a get-rich-quick thing, but they didn’t realize that behind Disneyland was this great organization that I built here at the Studio, and they all got into it and we were doing it because we loved to do it.”

23.          “We did it (Disneyland), in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster – closed and forgotten within the first year.”

24.          “I first saw the site for Disneyland back in 1953, In those days it was all flat land – no rivers, no mountains, no castles or rocket ships – just orange groves, and a few acres of walnut trees.”

25.  “It’s something that will never be finished; something that I can keep developing and adding to.”

26.  “Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.”

27.   “I’m doing this because I want to do it better.”

28.  “If you can dream it, you can do it.”

29.  “I don’t have depressed moods. I’m happy, just very, very happy.”

50 Famous Life Quotes about Success in Business

Today, I will be sharing with you 50 famous quotes about life; specifically tailored for entrepreneurs. Do you want to know the hard core truth about achieving success in business and life? Do you want to know what it takes to go through the entrepreneurial process of starting a business? Do you need inspiration to face your business challenges squarely?

Do you want to know what it takes to build a successful business and become a billionaire? Then read on as I share with you 50 famous life quotes about success in business for entrepreneurs and business owners.

 50 Famous Life Quotes about Success in Business

1.            Share your success and help others succeed. Give everyone a chance to have a piece of the pie. If the pie’s not big enough, make a bigger pie.” – Dave Thomas

2.            The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, “You can’t. You’ll fail. It won’t work. You don’t have…,” I wouldn’t be here today.” – Debbi Fields

3.            I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder

4.            Luck, naïveté, willingness to roll the dice to do something productive, were all individual parts of the puzzle.” – Fred Smith

5.            There is no such thing as high returns without risk.” – Gerry Schwartz

6.            From the beginning at Intel, we planned on being big.” – Robert Noyce

7.            I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.” – Harland Sanders

8.            You must be very patient, very persistent. The world isn’t going to shower gold coins on you just because you have a good idea. You’re going to have to work like crazy to bring that idea to the attention of people. They’re not going to buy it unless they know about it.” – Herb Kelleher

9.            I am an extreme optimist, while my husband likes to play the devil’s advocate. He wants to know the worst thing that can happen. I don’t even want to think about the worst case. I provide the discipline and stick-to-it-iveness.” – Jenny Craig

10.          Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” – Jim Rohn

11.          I’m convinced that the only way to get ahead in this world is to live and sell dangerously. You’ve got to live beyond your means. You’ve got to commit yourself to an act or vision that pulls you further than you want to go and forces you to use your hidden strengths.” – John Johnson

12.          When my company started really growing, I didn’t have any help in my house at all. I had the upkeep of my daily life, I had a one year old and a three year old, and I had my house. So I had to prioritize.” – Julie Aigner Clark

13.          That’s why I am always conservative. I never forget to maintain stability while advancing, and I never forget to advance while maintaining stability.” – Li Ka Shing

14.          It was a risk. I had a husband and I was pregnant with my oldest son. But I don’t look at risk the way other people do. When you’re an entrepreneur, you have to go in feeling like you’re going to be successful.” – Lilian Vernon

15.          I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.” – Madame C. J. Walker

16.          It’s called working your ass off. The difference is what you are willing to sacrifice. For every writer who wants balance in their life, there is a guy like me who gives up a lot to make their dreams come true. There is always going to be someone out there that knows they have to compensate for maybe having less talent with harder work and preparation.” – Mark Cuban

17.          I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.” – Martha Stewart

18.          Don’t spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity.” – Michael Dell

19.          I think those challenges are really critical and really important. What you learn from them is, of course, kind of what they say, ‘If it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger,’ and it’s true. And what you learn from those challenges and those failures are what will get you past the next ones.” – Pierre Omidyar

20.          If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” – Ray Kroc

50 Famous Life Quotes about Success in Business

21.          It was an extremely satisfying experience. Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.” – Reed Hastings

22.          “­Whenever I see an opportunity and a chance to change something, I go at it and I lay out all the facts to everybody…And when I come to this space, I’m going to come with talent, I’m going to come with focus. And I’m going to do the job as competitively as the next guy.” – Robert Johnson

23.          “Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.” – Sam Walton

24.          “Above all, you want to create something you are proud of. That’s always been my philosophy of business. I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive, then I believe you are better off doing nothing.” – Richard Branson

25.          It is better to aim at perfection and miss it than to aim at imperfection and hit it.” – Thomas Watson

26.          Do something. Either lead; follow or get out of the way.” – Ted Turner

27.          And that’s the secret. Timing, hard work and smart partners. Using that formula, I’ve either founded or funded over 80 companies, and none have gone bankrupt. Most have done very well.” – Terry Matthew

28.          I never thought I’d be successful. It seems in my own mind that in everything I’ve undertaken I’ve never quite made the mark. But I’ve always been able to put disappointments aside. Success isn’t about the end result; it’s about what you learn along the way.” – Vera Wang

29.          Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success.” – Wayne Huizenga

30.          “If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.” – Anita Roddick

 50 Famous Life Quotes about Success in Business

31.          “For whatsoever thy hands find to do, do it with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave.”  – Ecclesiastes 9: 10

32.          “You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you towards success? Or are they holding you back?” – W. Clement Stone

33.          “Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you are generally better off sticking with what you know and the third is that sometimes, your best investments are the ones you don’t make.” – Donald Trump

34.          “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates

35.          “Behind every adversity is an opportunity. If you lament over the adversity, you will miss the opportunity.” – Ajaero Tony Martins

36.          “It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.” – Henry Ford

37.          “If you see a snake, just kill it. Don’t appoint a committee on snakes.” – Henry Ross Perot

38.          “Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes; once gone is gone for good.” – Ingvar Kamprad

39.          “Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” – J. K. Rowling

40.          “Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.” – J. Paul Getty

41.          “I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life’s problems.” – James Cash Penny

42.          If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve.” – Jeff Bezos

43.          “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

44.          “The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it’s enormously useful in life.” – Larry Ellison

45.          “You are nuts and you should be proud of it. Stick with what you believe in.” – Trip Hawkins

46.          “When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.” – Mary Kay Ash

47.          “You have to be open-minded when those early opportunities present themselves; take advantage of them whether they’re going to make you a lot of money or not.” – Rachael Ray

48.          “Start small and dream big.” – Rich Dad

49.          “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice; and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs

50.          “Let us do or die.” – Warren Buffett