If you study enough success stories, you’ll eventually come to the conclusion that success demands both consistency and persistence. Sure, every so often you’ll have an outlier where someone actually achieved massive success within just a few short years. But barring being well-connected, having an extraordinary IQ or talent, or even a highly advantageous financial starting point, most instances of enduring success have been achieved by ordinary everyday people who consistently persisted. There’s no doubt about it, consistency and persistence breeds success.

Consistently persisting in the face of failure, against seemingly insurmountable odds, and despite when results are meager or forthcoming, is one of the most powerful keys to success. It’s almost a universal law, almost. But don’t just take our word for it. Take a look at a few of these examples, and you be the judge:

CONSISTENCY AND PERSISTENCE

Consistency and Persistence In Compounding Interest

Albert Einstein believed that compound interest was one of the major wonders of the world. Here’s what he said exactly, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.”

For example, if you persisted in consistently investing just $10 a day into an generic S&P 500 index fund (assuming a 12% interest rate) for 30 years, you’d be a millionaire. The compound effort of your investment, and the compounding growth on each year’s growth, eventually leads to a breakthrough. And after that breakthrough, stratospheric growth typically follows.

If you’re wondering why we’re talking about compounding interest, it’s because both consistency and persistence is a key component. The magic of compounding interest isn’t possible without a consistent and persistent reinvestment. And the same goes for success in just about every category.

If you change up the amount your investing, and drop down to one cent a day versus the $10, your end result will be dramatically different. Which is why consistency is a critical component of this success equation.

Similarly, persistence is key as well, because if reinvestment stops, or the money is removed from growing in the market, the growth potential of that money also stops.

Hence, the success of compound growth relies on both consistency and persistence.

The Consistency and Persistence of a River

Here’s another example of the power of persistence and consistency. The Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is 10 miles wide, about 1 mile deep, and over 277 miles in length and is truly a site to see.

Now the Grand Canyon didn’t become grand all by itself. It actually required the help of a little persistent river known as the Colorado River. This river over the years, slowly, gradually, but eventually wore down the massive sedimentary rock that got in its way.

Now, if the river was diverted somehow long long ago, and the flow stopped, there would be no grand canyon. Or if the flow was strangled down to a weak little trickle, similarly there might be a canyon, but it wouldn’t be so grand.

Fortunately, the river flowed unfettered and free for millions of years. And thus, the persistent and unyielding consistent flow of the Colorado River succeeded in creating one of the most awe inspiring canyons in the world.

Imagine what you could create if you followed this river’s lead.

The Consistency and Persistence of Success

Here’s how consistency and persistence breeds success for people. First off, it usually works out best for those who are striving to reach their goals, as it requires intention.

After long periods of time comprising of sustained effort and persistent action, little success is typically seen in the beginning.

Sometimes, you’ll have to go years before you see any significant and worthwhile progress. Much like the example of compounding interest just mentioned, you’ll have to persist in consistently stacking effort upon effort, habit upon habit, accomplishment upon accomplishment. No doubt, there may even be a few setbacks thrown in along the way.

But, after persisting long enough, your consistent effort will eventually get you to your breakthrough point. This is a point just about every person experiences on their journey towards success.

So long as you dig deep, tap into your grit and consistently persist, you’ll eventually get there. And once you do, your small successes will begin to accelerate. You’ll have more and more wins, and eventually you’ll be able to use those wins, as solid stepping stones to get to the achievement and success you’ve been chasing for so long.

If you want to experience success, you must be consistent in effort and actions. You must be consistent in your persistence.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Consistency and persistence breeds success. If you want to achieve something grand, or if you just want to reach an important goal, remember that you can achieve it. You’ll just have to commit to being consistent in your efforts, and persist in doing whatever it takes till you reach your breakthrough point. And then, persist a little more.

Till you reach those aims,

STRIVE

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There’s a key element to success that many achievers give considerable credit to for their success these days.  It is a success element that we all have control over, and it can be summed up in one short, but very powerful word; Hustle.  

Without a doubt, success remains elusive for those who are not willing to hustle.  It doesn’t matter if you are building a business, striving to for the corner office, or seeking to write a book that will land on the New York Time’s best seller’s list.  Success requires hustle!  Which is why we’ve dedicated this page specifically to hustle quotes.

Our aim is to lift you up, keep you moving, and keep your fire lit for chasing your dreams.  So, without further ado, we hope you enjoy these handful of inspirational quotes on hustle and success.  Consume them, and then get out there and start making things happen!

BEST HUSTLE QUOTE TO FIRE YOU UP FOR SUCCESS

1.  “Hustle until you no longer need to introduce yourself.”  –  Unknown

2.  “Wake up.  Pray.  Hustle.”  –  Anonymous

3.  “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.”  –  J. Paul Getty

4.  “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.”  –  Gary Vaynerchuk

5.  “Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.”  –  Henry Van Dyke

6.  “Hustle until your haters ask if you are hiring.”  –  Hustle Quote

7.  “Success isn’t owned. It’s leased, and rent is due every day.”  –  J. J. Watt

8.  “Hustle in silence and let your success make the noise.”  –  Hustle Quote

9.  “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.”  –  Stephen C. Hogan

10.  “It’s not about money or connections.  It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business.”  –  Mark Cuban

11.  “Talk less, hustle more.”  –  Atlas Rowe

12.  “Where I excel, is ridiculous, sickening, work-ethic!”  –  Will Smith

Related: Badass Quotes About Work Ethic

13.  “Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid only of standing still.”  –  Chinese proverb

14.  “I am grinding while your sleeping.”  –  Gary Vaynerchuk

15.  “Men of action are favored by the goddess of good luck.”  –  George S. Clason

16.  “The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.”  –  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

17.  “Ideas don’t work for people unwilling to do the work.”  –   Robin Sharma

18.  “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”  –  Theodore Roosevelt

19.  “If you’re not willing to risk the usual, you’ll have to settle for the ordinary.”  –  Jim Rohn

20.  “If you can’t outplay them, outwork them.”  –  Ben Hogan

21. “Worked so hard, forgot how to vacation….They ain’t never had the dedication.” – Post Malone

22.  “Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.”  –  Napoleon Hill

23.  “I love the work, love the grind. I love what I have to go through to get what I want.”  –  Deshaun Watson

24.  “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”  –  Abraham Lincoln

Related: Link Between Work Ethic + Success

25.  “Nobody cares.  Work harder.”  –  Anonymous

26.  “Hustle and heart will set you apart.”  –  Anonymous

27. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”  –  Walt Disney

28.  “Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.”  –  William James

More Than Halfway There

Fun Fact: Did you know the word hustle derives from the Dutch word husselen, which means to shake?

With that being said, we hope you are enjoying these quotes about the hustle.  If you’ve found an ounce of value in any of these hustle and grind quotes before you leave here, please consider sharing the page, or any of the individual quotes with a friend or family member to help them shake things up (pun intended)! 

Alright, you’re almost there, so don’t stop now. Keep pushing, keep grinding!

29.  “I’ve got a dream worth more than my sleep.”  –  Unknown

30.  “Action is the foundational key to all success.”  –  Pablo Picasso

31.  “Don’t wish for it, work for it.”  –  Unknown

32.  “There is no substitute for hard work.”  –  Thomas Edison

33.  “One day I am going to make it, until then I’ll just keep hustling.”  –  Grant Cardone

34. “Greatness only comes before GRIND in the dictionary.” – Hustle and Grind Quote

35.  “Success is not for the lazy.” – Anonymous

36. “Hustle, the most important word – ever.” – Gary Vaynerchuck

37.  “The dream is free.  The hustle is sold separately.”  –  Anonymous

38. “Success in anything will always come down to this: Focus and effort, and we control both of them.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

39.  “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”  –  Peter Drucker

40. “Talent without working hard is nothing.”  –  Cristiano Ronaldo

41. “Don’t struggle. HUSTLE.”  –  Hustle Quotes

42. “Work Hard, Stay Humble.” – Anonymous Hustle Saying

43. “Work your ass off, there is no magic pill.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

44. “There is no shortage of money in this world. Start hustling.” – Grant Cardone

45. “Some people want it to happen, some people wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan

46. “Without hard work nothing grows but weeds.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

47.  “Go hard or go home.”  –  Hustle Hard Quote

48. “Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.” – Peter F. Drucker

49. “Those at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there.” – Anonymous

50. “Hunger is the only differentiation in people; it’s not talent.” – Tony Robbins

51. “I never dreamed of success, I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder

52. “Work is a sure-fire money making scheme.” – Dave Ramsey

53. “You always want to out work your potential.” – Kobe Bryant

54. “Life is going to give you what you fight for.” – Ed Mylett

55. “Hard work, works.” – Denzel Washington

Bonus Hustle Quote

Bonus: Here’s one last bonus quote about hustling. We listed this as a bonus for you because hustling is all about going that extra mile, and because we want to encourage you to do more of it. Hustle a lot and you’ll achieve a lot. Enjoy!

Final Thoughts on The Hustle

There you have it, the best hustle quotes to help you keep your fire lit so you can do epic sh*t!

Remember, success is never an accident; it always has been and always will be, the biproduct of hard work and hustle. The creation of great businesses or the achievement of worthy goals is not something that happens overnight.  And if you wish to find your share of success in this life, you have to commit to never give in and to embrace the process. 

But most importantly, you must commit to consistent in your hustle.

Till you reach your aims…

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these Hustle Quotes, then you’ll love this article about how hard work and hustle leads to success.

Have you been thinking about giving up on your dreams lately? If so, it is imperative you read this page in its entirety before you make a decision. Doing so may just keep you from choosing something you’ll certainly regret later.

If you’re on the ropes, and you’ve been thinking about throwing in the towel on your business, a big goal, or an important dream of yours, chances are you believe you are at the end of your journey. But, I am here to let you know that you are not at the end. In fact, you are more than likely in the very middle of your journey, the messy middle to be exact.

This messy middle is the area between your dream and the eventual achievement of it.  It’s an area we should all come to learn more about, because it’s the area where dreams die.

Thus, if you have a dream or a goal you are striving to realize, you may want to familiarize yourself with this area.  Why?  Because cliffs are easier to avoid when we know they are there.

So, if you want to avoid giving up on your dreams, please, keep reading.

The Messy Middle

One thing I’ve realized while striving to bring my own dreams to life, is that they are constantly being tested.  They are constantly tested by the ever changing shifts in industry, tested by time constraints, tested by changing emotions, tested by consistently changing circumstances.  Our dreams are constantly being tested by life.  This makes goal achievement, dream achievement, striving…extremely messy in the middle.

There will always be unexpected factors (external and internal) that get tossed into the equation on our journey.  These extra factors will always change the landscape of the path towards our intended end.  The push and pull of life, ensures that the path is never a straight one.

During my personal STRIVE to create something out of nothing, I’ve been tested more times than I’d like to admit.  This test I speak of, always comes in either the form of a loss of enthusiasm, a lack of motivation, or an uptick in self-sabotaging thoughts and self-doubt.

When things don’t go according to plan, we question the very soundness of our dream.  Asking ourselves,”is this even realistic?”

We wonder why we feel so unmotivated, or why we lack the fire we had just a few days ago.

Often, when we can’t quickly pin point the answer, we start to wonder if our decision to pursue our big lofty goals was even the right choice.  We then wonder if we should throw in the towel and just give up.

Cycles of Motivation

What I’ve come to realize, is that there is a pattern to these feelings of wanting to give up.  These feelings come about like clock-work at least every three months.  And for some people it could even be a weekly or monthly thing.  The duration can be different for different people, and vary based on the types of pursuits we are engaged in.

Regardless of the duration, it is phenomena that you should come to count on.  There are cycles to motivation.

This is the way it normally plays out.  You begin your journey, you feel supercharged, highly motivated, and ready to conquer the world.  You have 100% confidence that what you are doing will work and everyone will love it!

You relentlessly attack your dreams, your goals, for a few weeks.  But then, you get your first forms of feedback (or no feedback at all), and an unpleasant form of reality starts to kick in.  It is at this moment, that you realize your ideas, products, projects, or services are not receiving the type of fanfare or excitement that you imagined the whole world would have displayed by now.

Or, you feel the results you’re getting, aren’t quite measuring up against the amount of effort you are putting in.  In short, your effort and your results aren’t on par with each other.  When this happens, in minutes, you can go from feeling like hero to a zero.

The Dip

This feeling, this moment in time of our journey is completely normal.  What you are experiencing, is known as the dip, and there are ways out of it.  If you are reading this, you may be in a position where you want to give up at this point. 

Typically, these moments are moments of truth.  Moments when you are forced to be honest with yourself and make the decision of whether your dream, or your goal is really worth it.

Know this before you quit; everyone, and I mean EVERYONE who is striving for a big goal will come to experience these dips eventually.  The difference between the ones who realize their dreams or their big audacious goals, and the ones who don’t, is that the achievers, make up their mind to find a way through this murky area.

7 Best Tips to Keep You From Giving Up On Your Dreams

To help you blast through this swamp, this slog, this horrid place where dreams usually die, I am going to provide you with 7 tips you can use to help you get through these dips.

1-Remember Why You Started

Sometimes, all we need to revive our mojo and our momentum, is a deep dive into why we got started in the first place.

If your motivation is sagging, and you feel like you are ready to give up, don’t.  Do this first.  Set aside a day if you can, and just deliberate on the very reasons you were so pumped to rock your dream just a few months ago.  When you do this, you will reconnect with those initial factors that inspired you to action in the first place.

When you give yourself some time to remember why you are chasing your dream, you increase the likely hood that you will stick to it.

Related: Finding Your Purpose Quotes

2-Talk To Someone

One of the worst things you can do, is to just throw in the towel before letting anybody know.  Trust me, I’ve done this in the past, and I’ve regretted it.

When you talk with someone about what you are going through, you are giving your dream another chance at life.

When we open up to someone we trust and whom we know believed in the project or journey we’ve embarked upon, we create an opportunity to release some of the stress and negative feelings we’ve accumulated from our recent dip.  In addition to this, we also create an opportunity to receive the slight positive nudge of encouragement that we really needed.  That nudge of encouragement to just keep moving forward towards our goals.  Don’t kill your dream, talk to someone first.

3 – Join a Mastermind Group  

Revive your efforts with the encouragement and cooperative efforts that are typically found within a mastermind group.

What’s a mastermind group?  In short, it is a group of two or more people whom you meet with regularly, to brainstorm with and encourage one another.  The purpose of these groups is to encourage and help each member of the group reach their goals.

This tip can be a tricky one to initiate, especially if you are lacking motivation.  However, if you can find a way to join a free or paid mastermind group, you will gain access to the type of feedback and encouragement that your dreams need to stay alive.  A best practice is to have one of these groups already in place, before you desperately need one.

Related: Create a Genius Network

4 – Delay Decisions Temporarily

If you feel like giving up, don’t make any rash decisions.  Instead, decide to give your dream a temporary pause.  Part of this pause is delaying any and all decisions related to moving forward, or throwing in the towel all together. Many times, all we need is a bit of time away from the grind.  

When we give ourselves this time, we allow ourselves to gain a better perspective on our life, our goals, and our dreams.

Sometimes, all we really need is a timeout to help us stay true to our dreams.

5 – Ignore The Discouragement and Take Small Steps

This tip is basically persistence in action.   Many times, if we make up our minds to ignore those normal feelings of discouragement, and just decide to take a few more small steps towards your goal, we’ll get over our slump.

This is definitely not a pain free option.  To implement it, don’t do anything drastic, don’t make any decisions, just keep taking small steps in your originally planned direction.  Action begets action.  And some times, all that is needed, is a little kick start of momentum.  And you may be surprised to find out that, that small amount of momentum was just enough to allow for you to come to the conclusion that things will work out.

6 – Ensure You’ve Set a Smart Goal  

If you’ve tried everything above, and you still feel like ‘it just ain’t going to happen’, try dissecting your goals to see if you set yourself up for failure from the get go.  Maybe you just needed to set up a S.M.A.R.T goal, which is a goal that is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound.

Many people find themselves discouraged when their goals stop seeming obtainable.  And many times, goals quickly seem unobtainable when they weren’t set up as smart goals from the onset.

Maybe you don’t have to give up, maybe you just need to give your goals a SMART tune-up.  To do so, make sure you goals follow these rules:

Specific—What, why, who, where, and which?

Measurable—How much, how many, how will I know when it’s accomplished?

Achievable—How can I accomplish this, is it attainable, how realistic is it?

Relevant—Reasonable, realistic, worthwhile, results-based?

Time-bound—When, what can I do 3 months from now, 6 months, today?

Related: Why You Must Write Down Your Goals

7 – Elicit The Advice of an Expert or Coach

Your last line of defense before throwing in the towel should be your sincere seeking out advice from an expert.

Before giving up, reach out to someone who has already done something similar to that which you are trying to do.  If you can’t find an expert who has done what you are striving to achieve, you can seek out a coach who has helped others achieve a similar goal.

If you pick the brain of an expert who has gone through what you are going through, you may learn a few key insights that you couldn’t see yourself.  And many times, these seemingly small insights can help you improve your results.  And more often than not, improved results is all we really need to give us that extra jolt of confidence needed to keep to it, to stay on track towards achieving our dreams.

Don’t Give Up On Your Dreams

There you have it… seven tips to get you through your dips.  Seven ways to help you help you avoid giving up on your dreams

Yes, dreams start small; however, the ideas that get chased with massive action, persistence, and a resolute determination, are the ideas that get actualized.

If you really want your dream to work, go through each of these steps, one by one.

If you’ve done every single one of these steps to try to revive your motivation, yet your enthusiasm and desire to keep moving forward has flat-lined, then, perhaps a pivot is in order.

Obviously, there are times when quitting and giving up is necessary.  But I believe you chose your grand goal for a reason. Which is why I hope this article helps you stick with it to the end.

Use these tips to push through your messy middle, and get back to reaching for your dreams!

And remember…..

 Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

PS – If you found this resource helpful, but you’re still on the fence bout giving up on your dreams, then read this article on How to Become a Persistent Person. I may just give you the second-wind you need.

Failure comes to us all at some point or another. You could be an entrepreneur, an aspiring artist, or a working professional, or fill in the blank, because it doesn’t really matter what you are or what you do, failure will eventually find you. Why? Because failure is a part of life and the success process. Truth is, if you’re striving for something above and beyond what you now are or have, there’s a good chance you’ll experience some failures along the way.

The great news is, failing does not make you a failure. Failing makes you human. It means you’re someone who is going somewhere. In fact, the more you fail, the more adept you get at bouncing back from your failures; directly impacting the amount of success you are likely to find in life. So, with that being said, we’ve rounded up these inspiring bounce back quotes to help you mount a successful comeback when failure inevitably comes for you.

Top Quotes to Help You Bounce Back From Failure

1. “The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure.” – Stephen Richards

2. “Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.” – Anonymous

3. “To achieve major success in life, to achieve those things that are most important to you, you must assume 100% responsibility for your life. Nothing less will do.” – Jack Canfield

4. “Remember that life goes beyond failure and success: do not simply focus on these two categories of prospects. Life goes beyond the moments we find rewarding, and the moments we find upsetting.” – Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

5. “Just because you fail once doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything.” – Marilyn Monroe

6. “It’s not how far you fall but how high you bounce that counts.” – Zig Ziglar

7. “Failure is a prerequisite for great success. If you want to succeed faster, double your rate of failure.” – Brian Tracy

8. “Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure – they can be turned into wisdom.” – Cat Cora

9. “We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?” – Kendrick Lamar

10. “Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom.” – General George Patton

11. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

12. “Sometimes life hits you on the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” – Steve Jobs

13. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway

14. “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 again in my life.” And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

15. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison

16. “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” – Henry Ford

17. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou

Most Inspiring Bounce Back Quotes

Our next batch of bounce back quotes are particularly inspiring. These are the quotes that everyone who is going struggling with a temporary defeat or set back needs to hear. Enjoy!

18. “Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.” – Napoleon Hill

19. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino

20. “Falling down is part of life. Getting back up is living.” – Anonymous

21. “Even people who have a long record of NOT succeeding can be turned into tremendous achievers if they will discard their images of themselves as failures.” – Norman Vincent Peale

22. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher

23. “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King

24. “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” – Fred Rogers

25. “Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.” – Robert Kiyosaki

26. “When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” – Eloise Ristad

27. “Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway

28. “Embrace failure. Missteps and roadblocks are inevitable but are ultimately an opportunity to learn, pivot, and go after your goals with new perspective.” – Jenny Fleiss

29. “The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.” – Woodrow Wilson

30. “Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.” – Joseph Campbell

31. “It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated…it is finished when it surrenders.” – Ben Stein

32. “With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” – Wayne Dyer

33. “You build on failure. You use it as a steppingstone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” – Johnny Cash

34. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

35. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling

36. “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.” – William Samuel Johnson

37. “Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures.” – Sylvester Stallone

38. “I don’t look at failure as death, I don’t look at failure as finality. I just look at it and pick myself up and say ‘we shouldn’t have done that’ and move on.” – Robert Herjavec

39. “Develop success from failure. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie

40. “Success is a pile of failure that you are standing on.” – Dave Ramsey

41. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse to never have tried to succeed.” –  Theodore Roosevelt

42. “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” – Abraham Lincoln

43. “Your setback is just a setup for your comeback.” – Steve Harvey

44. “The key to success is failure.” – Michael Jordan

45. “The only person who could be called a failure, is that person who tries to succeed at nothing.” – Earl Nightingale

46. “The only way you are going to have success is to have lots of failures first.” – Sergey Brin

47. “Any true champion can bounce back. That’s what being a champion is: being able to deal with adversity and being able to bounce back.” – Floyd Mayweather Jr.

48. “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” – Robert Jordan

49. “If you can look up, you can get up.” – Les Brown

50. “One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.” – Colonel Sanders

51. “Turn every setback into a comeback” – Kobe Bryant

52. “The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That’s real glory. That’s the essence of it” – Vince Lombardi

53. “You can bounce back from failure, if you choose to.” – Atlas Rowe

54. “Sometimes it takes a thousand tries to win.” – Rihanna

55. “There’s only one direction you can go if you’ve hit rock bottom, at that’s up.” – The STRIVE

56. “Just because you failed doesn’t make you a failure… take that experience and learn from it.” – Russell Brunson

Bonus Bounce Back Quote

Bonus: Alright, here’s our final and favorite of this collection of bounce back quotes. We believe this one last quote holds the key to easily bouncing from any and all obstacles.

Final Thoughts

There you have it, some of the best bounce back quotes on the web. No doubt, setbacks and disappointments are a part of life, and they seem especially common when we’re reaching for the stars.

With that being hope these quotes have inspired you to dust yourself off and try again despite any failures you may have recently experienced. Lastly, don’t forget, failures are necessary, but they are temporary experiences, so use them as stepping stones to your better future.

Till next time,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these bounce back quotes, then you’ll love this article on how you can easily bounce back from failures and set backs.

Have you ever felt like you’re falling behind on your investment goals? Do you have at least $100K built up in assets, but feel like you’ll never be able to retire at the rate you’re going? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then you might want to know how to retire in 10 years with just 100K.

So, that’s exactly what I am going to show you how to do. Now, this is not investment advice, it’s merely a thought experiment for you to consider.

So, first things first. It’s important to know that the median personal income across the U.S.A at the time of this writing is roughly $44K per year._^[1]

That said, I’ll use this figure as a baseline income goal for early retirement. FYI, this plan is a simple two-step plan, so it’ll be brief. You ready? Alright, then let’s dive into the nitty gritty.

HOW TO RETIRE IN 10 YEARS WITH JUST $100K

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Step 1. Grow

Here’s what I wish I had done ten years ago, but I am planning on doing now. The first thing I would do, is allocate my funds into aggressive growth ETFs.

One ETF that I wish I knew about ten years ago is Vanguard’s Information Technology ETF. The ticker symbol is VGT.

This ETF, just in the last 10 years alone, has grown by approximately 543%._^[2] So, had you invested around $100K about 10 years ago, it would be worth over $643,000 today.

That’s close to a 21% year-over-year growth. That’s Warren Buffett territory!

So yeah, that’s what I would have done. Now, as they say… past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. But Technology is, and will be for the foreseeable future, a high-growth industry.

Which means, it may still be a good industry to place your bets. Per my research, it’s grown at a rate of roughly 25% in just the past five years alone! So, it’s growth rate seems to be accelerating… it could be related to Moore’s Law, and the hyper-acceleration of technology, but who knows.

So, let’s do some math. Assuming you moved $100K into this fund today, and it grew for the next 10 years at 25%. You would potentially have about $931K to $1 million play with.

Now that might not seem like a lot, especially since everyone is focused on making a million first before retiring these days. But this leads us to step 2.

Step 2. Flow

Okay, so step 1 was all about moving your money into hyper-growth assets. Now, this next step is all about focusing on hyper-flow assets.

So, here’s what you could do. Once that $100K compounds into around $931K or a million dollars, you then set your sights on a handful of solid ETFs that are stable in price, but pay out the wazoo in cashflow.

One of my favorites these days is an ETF known as JEPI. I like this ETF because it doesn’t fluctuate in price too much, and because it pays out a lot of money. And even more of a bonus, is that it is paid out monthly.

The last I checked, this ETF has a dividend that pays out approximately 7.9% (this could change in time)._^[3] So, if we do some math on $1 million (assuming you moved all your eggs into this basket), you could expect at least a payout of $79,000 every year.

And like I mentioned earlier, this ETF pays monthly. So, every month you’d see around $6,583 in pre-tax money arrive into your bank account like clockwork!

When you consider $44K is the median income now, it may not be much larger come 2034. Now you know how you can retire in 10 years with just $100K….

First you invest in assets that grow, then you change your investment strategy into one that leverages assets that cash flow. In other words, you Grow Then Flow.

Final Thoughts

Keep in mind, this is not investment advice. It’s just some food for thought about how you can possibly retire or semi-retire sooner rather than later.

Investing can be risky, so be sure to always do your due diligence when searching for information on how to retire in 10 years. And remember, this is just one way of many ways to retire early my friends.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

_{Disclaimer: I am long on JEPI, and VGT, and in no way does my mentioning these investments benefit me in anyway, as this publication is for educational and entertainment purposes.}

Most people don’t know this, but one of the greatest obstacles to finding more success, more money, and more happiness in life is related to a fear of failure. In fact, most people actually attribute a lack of success or not getting what they want in life due to a lack of talent, or being born in the wrong place, wrong time, to the wrong family, etc.

Put bluntly, it is our fear of an imagined outcome that keeps most of us stuck. Our fear of this potentially unpleasant outcome paralyzes us.  It keeps us from taking action.  It keeps us holed up in our comfort zones, pinned down to our existing conditions. But, if you can overcome your fear of failure and begin taking action, everything can change for you.

With that being said, if you’ve been letting your fear of failure get the best of you lately, then you’ll love these handful of fear of failure quotes we’ve rounded up for you. Our hope is that they will lift you up and galvanize you to take on that goal or dream you’ve been brushing aside for fear of failing at it. So, if you’re ready for some inspiring quotes to help you overcome the fear of failure, let’s dive in:

BEST FEAR OF FAILURE QUOTES

1. “It is not failure itself that holds you back; it is fear of failure that paralyzes you.” – Brian Tracy

2. “Do not fear failure, fear the absence of progress.” – Anonymous

3. “The easiest way to deal with the fear of failure is to be more fearful of not taking action, to be more fearful of settling for a life that is far below then what you deserve and what you desire.” – Tony Robbins

4. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

5. “If something is important enough, you should try even if the probable outcome is failure.” – Elon Musk

6. “Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem

7. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho

8. “When the fear of failure cripples you to the point where you don’t make the call, you’ll eventually get to the day where you see you haven’t lived at all.” – Ms. Moem

9. “It’s hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” – Theodore Roosevelt

10. “Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield

11. “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.” – Zig Ziglar

12. “Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” – Bruce Lee

13. “Those who are willing to fail win. Don’t fear failure, embrace it.” – John Morgan

14. “Fear stops a lot of people. Fear of failure, of the unknown, of risk. And it masks itself as procrastination.” – Lisa Anderson

15. “90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.” – John Maxwell

16. “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill

17. “Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure. It just means you haven’t succeeded yet.” – Robert H. Schuller

18. “Fear of failure leads to failure.” – Paulo Coelho

19. “Don’t let your fear of failure stop you from realizing your dreams.” – Catherine Pulsifer

20. “Successful people don’t fear failure, but understand that it’s necessary to learn and grow from.” – Robert Kiyosaki

21. “The key to success is failure.” – Michael Jordan

22. “Success is usually the culmination of controlling failures.” – Sylvester Stallone

23. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”  –  Colin Powell

24. “Regret is the heritage of people who choose to live a fear-driven life.” – Taneka Rubin

25. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”  –  Thomas Edison

26. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.”  –  Og Mandino

27. “Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success but by the fear of failure.” –  Larry Ellison

28. “Many times, the thought of fear itself is greater than what it is we fear.” – Idowu Koyenikan

29. “Don’t think about the possibilities of failing. Never forget to think about the possibilities of flying.” – Debasish Mridha

30. “Don’t let the fear of failure stop you; the world needs your greatness.” – Emmanuel Apetsi

31. “If you’re trying and failing, you’re still getting one step closer to success than if you’re doing nothing. You don’t fail; you only learn what works and what does not. Failure is not an option only learning and getting better.” – Jeanette Coron

32. “You can’t be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself. You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision. And you know that it is the right thing to do and success will come.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

33. “People get envious of others and fear failure because they define the “game” in the same way the world tells them to define the game.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

34. “The greatest fear we face is ourselves.” – Kobe Bryant

35. “Fear regret more than failure.” – Taryn Rose

36. “I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” – George Burns

37. “You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

38. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard

39. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie

40. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

41. “Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.” – Anonymous

42. “Failure is success if we learn from it.” – Malcolm Forbes

43. “For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.” – Mary Kay Ash

44. “Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something.” – Frederick Smith

45. “One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.” – Henry Ford

46. “Don’t fear failure — embrace it! The most successful people in the world failed the most.” – Les Brown

47. “I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” – Tony Robbins

48. “People who avoid failure also avoid success.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki

49. “It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.” – Publius Syrus

50. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I built my life.” – J.K. Rowling

Bonus Quote Fear of Failure Quote

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Final Thoughts

Atchyiphobia is a health condition that leads to an extreme fear of failure. If you have not been diagnosed with this malady, then you can, without a doubt overcome your fear of failure.

With that being said, we hope these fear of failure quotes have encouraged you to lean into that which scares you the most. Why? Because that’s where your biggest opportunities await.

Till next time,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these fear of failure quotes, then you’ll love these quotes about being fearless.

Going the extra mile is one of the easiest ways to stand out and excel in just about any endeavor. It’s common knowledge, that doing so can and will help you in our life. Yet, so few people do it. So, to help serve as reminder, and motivate more people to go above and beyond in all areas of their life, we’ve pulled together these highly motivating Go The Extra Mile quotes.

We hope this collection of quotes reinvigorates your desire to win, to do what is necessary to stand out from the crowd, and pull away from your competition. So, if you’re ready to get fired up, let’s dive into these quotes about going the extra mile.

BEST QUOTES ABOUT GOING THE EXTRA MILE

1. “Go the extra mile it’s never crowded.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

2. “Those who are willing to go the extra mile are the ones who exhibit a spirit of excellence, which leads to success in all aspects of business and life.” – David Meltzer

3. “What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives merely following? The extra mile.” – Gary Ryan Blair

4. “People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right.” – Joel Olsteen

5. “Start going the extra mile and opportunity will follow you.” – Napoleon Hill

6. “Everybody is standing, but you must stand out. Everybody is breaking grounds; but you must breakthrough! Everybody scratching it; but you must scratch it hard! Everybody is going, but you must keep going extra miles! Dare to be exceptionally excellent and why not?” – Israelmore Ayivor

7. “If there is one overwhelming reason to go the extra mile, it is to make sure that you feel better about yourself.” – Mark McCormack

8. “Put going the extra mile to work as part of one’s daily habit.” – Bruce Lee

9. “One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.” – Napoleon Hill

10. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” – Zig Ziglar

11. “I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars.” – Ben Mezrich

12. “Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.” – Lou Vickery

13. “That “do it now” attitude exemplifies the extra mile.” – David Meltzer

14. “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.” – Denis Waitley

15. “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” – Les Brown

16. “Average brands deliver exactly what is asked of them. Exceptional brands deliver more. Finding novel and surprising ways to go the extra mile turns sceptics into fanatics and passive bystanders into loyal customers who tell their friends.” – Jodie Cook

17. “Constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” – Elon Musk

18. “It’s so easy to be great nowadays my friend because most people are weak, most people don’t want to go that extra mile.” – David Goggins

19. “There’s very few people who go the extra mile — so go the extra mile and give it all you’ve got.” – Jim Leishman

20. “Always deliver more than expected.” – Larry Page

21. “Love is about going the extra mile even if it hurts.” – Jennifer Flackett

22. “Doing your best in this moment, puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey

23. “Today, do just a little bit more. Turn going the extra mile into a habit – it is what lifts most successful people above the crowd.” – Bob Proctor

24. “Excellence is going the extra mile.” – Joyce Meyer

25. “Go the extra mile, there’s no one on it.” – Grant Cardone

26. “Going far beyond that call of duty, doing more than others expect, is what excellence is all about! And it comes from striving, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail, and going the extra mile. Excellence means doing your very best. In everything! In every way.” – Jack Johnson

27. “If I could shout only one message to the whole world regarding life’s secrets, it would be this: That you cannot get something for nothing, but that you can have the best of everything when you give full measure for the good you wish to receive.” – Catherine Ponder

28. “Always be willing to go the extra mile, to do more than is expected of you. There are never any traffic jams on the extra mile.” – Brian Tracy

29. “A great life is the biproduct of going the extra mile to create great moments, great days, great months, and lastly, great years.” – The STRIVE

30. “Never settle for ‘just getting the job done. Excel!” – Tom Hopkins

Bonus Going The Extra Mile Quote

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Final Thoughts

There you have it, some of the best Go The Extra Mile quotes ever uttered. We hope they rekindle that inner fire that’ll help you push yourself to do more than what’s expected of you. In short, we hope they motivate you to go the extra mile!

That said, please share this page if you enjoyed it. And come back again when you’re in need of the best motivational quotes for succeeding in life.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

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