37 moving quotes about the kind of people who succeed in life

I’m sure there are other reasons but you get the general idea. Success is a mindset. You have to believe you will be successful. Once you can do that, you free yourself up to do the things you need to do to succeed, such as working hard, researching, trying new strategies, etc. Some of the biggest success stories in life were written by people who weren’t any smarter than the average person. The only thing they had was this undying belief that they could do it… and they did

1.  The person who will succeed in life is the one who not only shows mercy towards himself, but even more so towards others.
2. The person who will succeed in life is the one who humbles himself daily with a grateful heart
3. The person who will succeed in life is the one who does not allow his own actions to be dictated by that of others.
4. The person who will succeed in life is the one who knows that it’s not only and always about him. 
5. The person who will succeed in life is the one who lives freely and unashamedly, refusing to be tied down by the thoughts and opinions of others.
6. The person who will succeed in life is the one who knows that life, in all its seriousness, should sometimes not be taken TOO seriously.
7. The person who will succeed in life is the one who knows that compassion, empathy, and love will forever remain above all.
8. People who succeed in life don't blame other people for their mistakes.
9. People who succeed in life don't believe there is some vast conspiracy to keep them down due to their race, skin color, religion, gender, or other similar identity factors.
10. People who succeed in life don't normalize the symptoms of generational poverty, i.e., drug and alcohol abuse, violence, etc. 
11. People who succeed in life are not parasitic upon other people. 
12. People who succeed in life don't believe that they are somehow owed success without putting in the commensurate amount of work needed to be successful. 
13. People who succeed in life are not easily distracted by partying, going out, etc. 
14. People who succeed in life are not too stubborn or proud to learn from their mistakes and make the necessary adjustments. 
15. People who succeed in life are not too stubborn or proud to learn from others. This stifles both personal and professional growth. 
16. People who succeed in life  don't make poor life decisions that have long-lasting consequences, such as getting married/having children before you can properly provide for them, marrying the wrong person, living beyond one’s means, etc. 
17. People who succeed in life don't believe that there is some sort of nobility in poverty. Example: “I might not have much but at least I’m a good person.” This is typically a justification for their current life circumstances. 
18. People who succeed in life don't care more about what other people think of them than they care about their own success. It typically results in self-destruction when searching for validation. 
19. People who succeed in life are able to believe that they can be great and do great things.
20.  People who succeed in life are obsessed with success.
21. People who succeed in life are willing to do whatever it takes to succeed,
22. People who succeed in life don't mix ethics, morals and goodness in the definition of success. 
23. People who succeed in life don't constantly pride themselves in their achievements.  
24. People who succeed in life don't constantly complain about their circumstances   
25. People who succeed in life are not good at making excuses. 
26. People who succeed in life are not interested in constantly bad-mouthing others.
27. People who succeed in life have dreams and goals. 
28. People who succeed in life have dreams but take necessary actions towards their goals. 
29. People who succeed in life have taken real actions, but don't immediately get disappointed once they experience failures. 
30. People who succeed in life have failed, experienced failures but continue to stand up and fight again. 
31. People who succeed in life don't give up on their dreams. 
32. People who do succeed in life (and by succeed I mean both by their personal view of success or society’s) are ones who do understand how fear controls them. 
33. People who succeed in life don't blame others. Blaming others is a form of fear. It takes the responsibility off of a person and transfers it to someone else. Therefore, someone or something else is the reason they haven’t done this or that. A person who lives in the victim mind frame is afraid of the fact at that they control a good portion of what they do and don’t do in life. 
34. People who succeed in life don't wait for the perfect moment. Waiting for the perfect moment is a form of fear. This again takes the responsibility off of a person. They can blame timing as the reason why they haven’t done X or Y. 
35. People who succeed in life are not interested in complaining or gossiping. Complaining and gossiping is a form of fear. - Taking attention off of you and focusing it on someone else. Fear is usually at the root of many, many rationalizations humans use for things in life. It just takes some time and/or maybe reading the right book/article or having the right conversation with someone to realize that you are being controlled by fear and as such, are not succeeding. 
36. A person won’t be successful if they are unable to determine what success means to themselves and only spend their time pursuing pre-defined ideas of success built by others. If they allow success to be determined externally by what others do or say about what constitutes a “successful life” without understanding what defines a purposeful and fulfilling life within their own mind and body, then they won’t be successful. If you judge “the internal you by the external everything else”, success will be very elusive.
37.  People who succeed in life understand that material success does not translate to a successful life. A truly successful person is one that has determined their purpose, pursued goals against that purpose and lives everyday knowing that they are succeeding in their personal journey to achieve their definition of themselves.