Grit, that critical character trait that can be found in just about every single person who’s achieved their dreams. Having grit is all about being steadfast and maintaining the firmness of character needed to see things through. It’s about having that “do or die” attitude which is often found in those who possess an indomitable spirit. So, in honor of one of the most powerful character traits you can adopt to experience more success in your life, we’ve pulled together one of the most inspiring collections of grit quotes.

Our hope is that these quotes will give you a better understanding on exactly what grit is, and how you can embrace this quality more fully. But more importantly, we hope these quotes inspire you with a renewed spirit and passion to persevere until you reach your aims.

So, if you’re ready to be inspired to unleash your own indomitable spirit, let’s dive into these powerful quotes on grit:

BEST GRIT QUOTES TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS

1. “Grit is living life like it is a marathon, not a sprint.” – Angela Duckworth

2. “Grit is having the courage to push through, no matter what the obstacles are, because it’s worth it.” – Chris Morris

3. “Success doesn’t just happen. It is a product of hard work, grit and ingenuity.” – Ogwo David Eminike

4. Grit is sticking with your future day in, day out and not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years.” – Angela Duckworth

5. “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

6. “Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

7. “True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.” – John Wayne

8. “True grit is staying in the game when others would have dropped the ball and left the park.” – Anonymous

9. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, commitment, and hard work.” – Grit quote

10. “Consistency of effort over the long run is everything.” – Angela Duckworth

11. “You don’t need an MBA to launch a business. You need street smarts and grit.” – Barbara Corcoran

12. “Grit determines that life challenges will neither defeat nor define us.” – Anonymous

13. “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. 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

14. “Grit depends on a different kind of hope. It rests on the expectation that our own efforts can improve our future.” – Angela Duckworth

15. “Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.” – John Ortberg

16. “I remind myself that no one day of writing matters all that much. A story is built somewhat like a stalactite — one little drop of mud and grit at a time.” – Joe Hill

17. “Everything is hard before it is easy.” – Goethe

18. “Grit isn’t about getting an incredible dose of inspiration or courage. It’s about building the daily habits that allow you to stick to a schedule and overcome challenges and distractions over and over and over again.” – James Clear

19. “Don’t give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.” – John Wooden

20. “I don’t stop when I’m tired. I stop when I’m done.” – David Goggins

21. “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.” – Zig Ziglar

22. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Vince Lombardi

23. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”  – Newt Gingrich

24. “Never hope for it more than you work for it.”  – Sonya Teclai

25. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”  – Confucius

26. “Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough grit.” – Atlas Rowe

27. “What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. Persistence. It’s making your own luck.” – Peter Diamandis

28. “Someone twice as talented but half as hardworking as another person might reach the same level of skill but still produce dramatically less over time.” – Angela Duckworth

29. “Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.” – Jonah Lehrer

30. “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. Grit is having stamina.” – Angela Duckworth

31. “Grit is the one trait that I, as a mentor, try to instill in younger entrepreneurs. Your road as an entrepreneur likely won’t be easy or straightforward. But, fortunately, those who train themselves to persevere and remain committed to their vision and principles are much more likely to attain their entrepreneurial goals than those who lack this sense of grit.” – Amine Rahal

32. “You can have all the talent in the world, but you will never achieve your goals without effort. This is why grit is the foundation of success.” – Ashley Elizabeth

33. “Nothing is put on pause. Everything is still happening. And then as far as just reflecting on what got you to where you are, there aren’t very many times where we have the space to sit and reflect and really understand the depth of what it took and the grit that we had to have to get to where we are.” – Jessica Alba

34. “Grit comes down to your habits. It’s about doing the things you know you’re supposed to do on a more consistent basis. It’s about your dedication to daily practice and your ability to stick to a schedule.” – James Clear

35. “The #1 predictor of success… Grit! The ability to persevere, overcome and move forward in spite of challenges, failures and obstacles.” – Anonymous

36. “It is after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster’s shell that makes the pearl, not pear-making seminars with other oysters.” – Stephen King

37. “The moment you feel like quitting is the time you need to keep on going. Persistence fuels genius. And grit creates champions.” – Robin Sharma

38. “Quitting is the easiest thing to do.” – Robert Kiyosaki

39. “Our potential is one thing. What we do with it is quite another.” – Angela Duckworth

40. “Sometimes, a winner is a dreamer who just won’t quit.” – Rudy

41. “Gritty people are resilient, in the sense that they thrive through adversity. They reframe every challenge as an opportunity and do the work to become the master of their emotions.” – Ashley Elizabeth

42. “It’s not that I am so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

43. “God honors a beautiful blend of gift and grit! He gives the gift, and He expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively.” – Beth Moore

44. “The difference in winning and losing is most often. Not quitting.” – Walt Disney

45. “Dreams don’t work unless you do.” – John C. Maxwell

46.  “Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest, and do it again and again.” – Sarah Lewis

47. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot

48. “When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible.” – Nido Qubein

49. “I hated every minute of training, But I said don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” – Muhammad Ali

50. “Grit is the persistence in following your own destiny.” – Paul Bradley Smith

51. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

52. “Dream chasing is not for the faint of heart. Not only does it take massive courage to reach for the dreams and goals that many shrug off as impossible, but it also takes grit, tenacity, and an indomitable spirit to see things through.” – Nathan Lee Morales

53. “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey

54. “Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.” – Bill Hybels

55. “A little more persistence a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless
failure may turn into a glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard

56. “Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will mount a daring new escape attempt every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time. Grit.” – Chip Heath

57. “Every great story happened when someone decided not to give up.” – Spryte Loriano

58. “A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t.” – Jack Ma

59. “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill

60. “Grit; a mixture of hard work, consistency, and hustle.” – Anonymous

61. “Listen, every overnight success has taken 15 years, and that’s just the way it goes.” – Daymond John

62. “The 99% that achieve are willing to sacrifice, be persistent and put in disproportionate work, and think in 50 year terms not 50 day terms.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

63. “One step at a time. One punch at a time. One round at a time.” – Rocky Balboa

64. “There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.” – Henry Ford

65. Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief – everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.” – Dustin Poirier

66. “For great things do not just happen by impulse, but are a succession of small things linked together.” – Vincent Van Gogh

67. “Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.” – Carol Dweck

68. “Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to the light.” – John Milton

69. “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” – Greg Kincaid

70. “Grit is choosing to hang on when you desperately want to let go.” – The STRIVE

71. “Grit is guts, resilience, industriousness and tenacity. Grit is the ability to focus, stay determined, stay optimistic in the face of a challenge, and simply work harder than the next guy or gal.” – Linda Kaplan Thaler

72. “Grit is the grain of character. It may generally be described as heroism materialized, spirit and will thrust into heart, brain, and backbone, so as to form part of the physical substance of the man.” – Edwin Percy Whipple

73. “Mental dominance is what ultimately makes you unstoppable.” – Tim S. Grover

74. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

75. “Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest.” – Travis Bradberry

76. “Grit is more endurance than strength. Grit is about working on something you care about so much that you’re willing to see it through to completion.” – Lee David Daniels

77. “To achieve a different result simply requires a different choice of understanding, grit and intention.” – Ty Howard

78. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi

79. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” – Michael Phelps

80. “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” – Angela Duckworth

81. “Talent counts. But effort counts twice.” – Tom Bilyeu

82. “The most successful people are those who are willing t keep moving forward after making mistakes. They find a way not to avoid life’s inevitable obstacles, but to overcome them.” – Ashley Elizabeth

83. “When we demonstrate grit or are described as gritty, it is because we have had the resilience to push ourselves over, through, around, and sometimes under obstacles.” – Kori D. Miller 

84. “People that have grit are extraordinarily resilient and are willing to put in the effort to get things done.” – Lee David Daniels

85. “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.” – Abraham Lincoln

Bonus Grit Quote

Bonus: Alright, here is one of our favorite quotes about grit. We added it as bonus, because we stand behind it, and believe it to be 100% true.

“Your Dreams Are On The Other Side Of Your Grit.”

FINAL THOUGHTS

Great job making it to the end of these grit quotes! We don’t doubt that scouring through our extensive list took a fair amount of grit on your part, so big kudos to you.

That said, we hope you found at lease a handful of these quotes inspiring and moving. But more importantly, we hope they’ve helped you find a renewed passion to stay gritty and keep moving forward towards your dreams and goals until you reach them.

Till you reach your personal mountain top,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these grit quotes, then there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy this highly inspirational quotes about resilience.

Jen Sincero is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and motivational coach who’s helped countless people transform their personal lives with her books, online advice, and coaching. With that said, her best-selling book You Are a Badass is a powerful resource that can help just about anyone make big and exciting changes in their lives, and level up in general. As such, we’ve rounded up some of the best You Are A Badass Quotes we could find.

Our hope is that they’ll inspire you enough to learn more about Jen Sincero’s life-changing philosophy, and prompt you to begin becoming a badass of your own.

So, without further ado, let’s dive into these power quotes from You Are a Badass:

BEST YOU ARE A BADASS QUOTES

1. “There’s nothing as unstoppable as a freight train full of fu**-yeah.” – Jen Sincero

2. “If you’re serious about changing your life, you’ll find a way. If you’re not, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jen Sincero

3. “You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it.” – Jen Sincero

4. “So often, we pretend we’ve made a decision, when what we’ve really done is signed up to try until it gets too uncomfortable.” – Jen Sincero

5. “You need to have a ten-ton gorilla of desire behind your decision or else you’ll wimp out the second things get hard.” – Jen Sincero

6. “You are loved. Massively. Ferociously. Unconditionally. The Universe is totally freaking out about how awesome you are. It’s got you wrapped in a warm gorilla hug of adoration. It wants to give you everything you desire. It wants you to be happy. It wants you to see what it sees in you.” – Jen Sincero

7. “You need to go from wanting to change your life to deciding to change your life.” – Jen Sincero

8. “What other people think about you has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them.” – Jen Sincero

9. “It never ceases to amaze me the precious time we spend chasing the squirrels around our brains, playing out our dramas, worrying about unwanted facial hair, seeking adoration, justifying our actions, complaining about slow Internet connections, dissecting the lives of idiots, when we are sitting in the middle of a full-blown miracle that is happening right here, right now.” – Jen Sincero

10. “On the other side of your fear is freedom” – Jen Sincero

11. “We only get to be in our bodies for a limited time, why not celebrate the journey instead of merely riding it out until it’s over?” – Jen Sincero

12. “Nobody who ever accomplished anything big or new or worth raising a celebratory fist in the air did it from their comfort zone.” – Jen Sincero

13. “Never apologize for who you are. It lets the whole world down.” – Jen Sincero

14. “We are all perfect in our own, magnificent, f***ed-up ways. Laugh at yourself. Love yourself and others. Rejoice in the cosmic ridiculousness.” – Jen Sincero

15. “Take care of yourself as if you’re the most awesome person you’ve ever met.” – Jen Sincero

16. “You cut yourself off from the supply of awesomeness when you are not in a state of gratitude.” – Jen Sincero

17. “You are responsible for what you say and do. You are not responsible for whether or not people freak out about it.” – Jen Sincero

18. “Surrendering is the free-falling backwards into the unknown and trusting that The Universe will catch you.” – Jen Sincero

19. “Our thoughts become our words, our words become our beliefs, our beliefs become our actions, our actions become our habits, and our habits become our realities.” – Jen Sincero

20. “Deciding is freedom. Indecision is torture.” – Jen Sincero

21. “In order to kick ass you must first lift up your foot.” – Jen Sincero

22. “Say nice things about your body, dress it up, and take it out. Give it hot sex, luxurious baths, and massages. Move it, stretch it, nourish it, hydrate it, pay attention to it—The better our bodies feel, the happier and more productive we are.” – Jen Sincero

23. “Don’t waste your precious time giving one single crap about what anybody else thinks of you.” – Jen Sincero

24. “If you want to live a life you’ve never lived, you have to do things you’ve never done.” – Jen Sincero

25. “Your reality is created by what you focus on and how you choose to interpret it.” – Jen Sincero

26. “When you love yourself enough to stand in your truth no matter what the cost, everyone benefits.” – Jen Sincero

27. “Most answers reveal themselves through doing, not thinking.” – Jen Sincero

28. “Wallowing in the pain and suffering isn’t going to help anyone, yourself included, any more than starving yourself will help the hungry.  If you want to help the world and yourself, keep your frequency high and do your work from a place of power and joy.” – Jen Sincero

29. “Who you surround yourself with greatly affects how you see your world and how high you set the bar for yourself.” – Jen Sincero

30. “Your beliefs hold the key to your financial success.” – Jen Sincero

31. “When you hang out with whiners, pessimists, tweakers, bleakers, freakers-outers and life-is-so-unfairers, it’s an uphill climb to keep yourself in a positive headspace.  Stay away from people with tiny minds and tiny thoughts and start hanging out with people who see limitless possibility as the reality.” – Jen Sincero

32. “What if you decided to do the most outrageous, most exciting thing you ever dared fantasize about, regardless of what anyone, including your terrified self, thought?  THAT would be living.” – Jen Sincero

33. “All life is either moving forward and evolving or shrinking back and dying.  If you want to evolve in your own life, you have to push through the obstacles instead of running from them.  Obstacles and challenges are the agents of growth.” – Jen Sincero

34. “You are a badass. You were one when you came screaming onto this planet and you are one now. The Universe wouldn’t have bothered with you otherwise. You can’t screw up so majorly that your badassery disappears. It is who you are. It’s who you always will be. It’s not up for negotiation.” – Jen Sincero

35. “Love yourself.” – Jen Sincero

36. “You are perfect. To think anything less is as pointless as a river thinking that it’s got too many curves or that it moves too slowly or that its rapids are too rapid.” – Jen Sincero

37. “The only failure is quitting. Everything else is just gathering information.” – Jen Sincero

38. “You faith in The Universe must be stronger than your fear of not getting what you want.” – Jen Sincero

39. “One of the best things you can do to improve the world is to improve yourself.” – Jen Sincero

Bonus Quote From You Are a Badass

Bonus: Here’s one last final quote from You Are A Badass, it’s a great piece of advice, and we think that there is true power behind it. Enjoy!

“Give Yourself Permission and the Means (Yes, This Includes the Money), to Be Who You Are Regardless of What Anybody Else Things or Believes Is Possible.”

– jen sincero –

Final Thoughts

Jen Sincero created a masterpiece with her book, and as you can tell from this list of top You Are A Badass Quotes, that she has much wisdom and life-changing advice to impart.

With that said, if you have yet to read her book, you can get it here:

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That just about wraps us this quotes page. If any of these quotes inspired or motivated you, please do us (and Jen Sincero) a favor and share the page. You never know who’s life her words (and her book) might change.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these powerful quotes from the book, ‘You Are a Badass’, then we have a hunch you’ll also love reading these amazing Jen Sincero quotes.

Motivational speeches are like the nuclear option for leaders. And they are typically a part of every good leaders toolkit. The motivational speech is a powerful tool that can be used to motivate and engage an audience into action and delivering a specific set of results. The motivational speech speaks directly to the hearts and minds people, cutting through the fluff and the inessential, to get right to the heart of the matter.

Having said that, chances are you’re here because you’re either looking for some good material to give your own motivational speech to fellow colleagues and team members. Or, you’re here looking to follow the path of self-leadership, by purposely listening to empowering motivational speeches to galvanize yourself into action. Despite the reason, one thing is for sure, you’re looking for the best motivational speeches of all-time, and you’ll find them here.

So, let’s dive in and see how much we can spur ourselves into action with these powerful motivational speeches:

TOP 10 MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES OF ALL-TIME

Note: These motivational speeches are listed in order of lives touched, a.k.a. the amount of views they’ve managed to garner over the years. Our list starts from 10 and counts down to the #1 most watched speech.

10. Les Brown, “It’s Possible”

Year: 2014 – Views: 6.8 million

Setting: Les Brown is a legendary motivator, coach, author, and is considered one of the world’s most renowned motivational speakers. He’s given thousands of speeches all of the world, but this motivational speech is one of his most popular. The date for the video is the publication date of when Les added it to YouTube; however, the speech was likely given years before. That said, here’s one of our favorite quotes from his speech:

9. J.K. Rowling, “Harvard Commencement Speech”

Year: 2008 – Views: 7.5 million

Setting: J.K. Rowling is arguably one of the most popular and successful author’s in the world, who’s responsible for the famous book series; ‘Harry Potter’. Rowling gave this speech at a Harvard commencement ceremony on the benefits of failure and the importance of imagination. That said, her speech is still one of the most popular motivational speeches of all-time; which is why it’s made our list. Here’s our favorite quote from her speech:

8. Any Given Sunday, “Inches”

Year: 1999 – Views: 10.1 million

Setting: This “Inches” speech given by Al Pacino in the hit move ‘Any Given Sunday‘ is definitely one of the most powerful motivational speeches ever given in movie setting. Sure, there are other speeches in other movies that may give some competition, but this one hits hard, because it deals with more than just sports, it speaks to life.

Having said that, here’s our favorite motivational speech quote:

7. Eric Thomas, “You Owe You”

Year: 2015 – Views: 11.7 million

Setting: Eric Thomas is an extremely popular motivational speaker, author, and educator who’s raw and no-nonsense message about what it takes to succeed in life has helped millions of people all over the world. In fact, this “You Owe You” speech, which he gave in one of his workshops in New Zealand, is his quintessential work. And it’s one of his most love speeches of all-time. Here’s our favorite quote from his speech:

6. Rocky Balboa, “Sunshine and Rainbows”

Year: 2006 – Views: 20 million

Setting: This powerhouse speech is from “Rocky Balboa”, just one of the many great movies created as part of the inspiring Rocky series. Certainly there are other great speeches included in all of the other Rocky movies, but this one in particular is a masterpiece. that said, here’s our favorite line from this short but sweet motivational speech.

5. Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Rules of Success”

Year: 2009 – Views: 31 million

Setting: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s classic “Rules of Success” speech was given at USC’s 2009 commencement speech. His speech is so popular, that it’s been chopped up and added to countless other motivational montages over the years, which are not included in the 31 million views Tally. That said, it is by far, one of Arnold’s greatest motivational speeches of all-time. Here’s are favorite line from his speech:

4. Mel Robbins, “How To Stop Screwing Yourself Over”

Year: 2011 – Views: 31.2 million

Setting: Mel Robbins is a former lawyer who became a television host, then best-selling author, and now motivational speaker. She’s already sold millions of books, with her most famous being ‘The 5 Second Rule’. That said, this was one of her first motivational speeches which she gave at a Ted Talk, and before she became the success icon that she is today. Our favorite quote from this speech is the following:

3. Denzel Washington, ‘Put God First’

Year: 2015 – Views: 34 million

Setting: Denzel Washington is one of the most famous and highly respected actors in the world. With 60 different films under his belt, three Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and a Tony Award, people want to know what he has to say. So, in 2015 Denzel was invited to give a commencement speech at Dillard University. And it was a speech that would turn out to be one of best motivational speeches of all-time. Here’s our favorite line from his inspiring speech:

2. Steve Jobs, ‘Stanford Commencement Speech”

Year: 2005 – Views: 46 million

Setting: Steve Jobs was the visionary founder and CEO of Apple. He pioneered the personal computer, founded a handful of other companies, and became a multi-billionaire before passing. That said, he was an inspiration to many, and in 2005 he was invited to give a commencement speech at Stanford. It was a speech that would just about break the internet. Here’s our favorite quote form this motivational speech:

1. Admiral William H. McRaven, “Make Your Bed”

Year: 2014 – Views: 51 million

Setting: Admiral William H. McRaven served as the 9th commander of the United States Special Operations Command. In 2014, McRaven gave a commencement speech to UT Austin’s graduating class. His speech would go viral, leading it to become what is now one of the most viewed motivational speeches of all-time. Here’s our favorite quote from this powerful speech:

Final Thoughts

We hope you enjoyed our collection of what we believe to be (and which are supported by the numbers) the best motivational speeches of all-time. If this collection inspired you, please do us, and the world a favor, and the share the page with somebody. You never know who’s life you could touch or change with a few powerful words.

Till you reach your aims,

STRIVE

If you’re looking for some energizing quotes on staying hungry for success, then this page is for you. We created this page because striving to create a successful life has its challenges. Chasing your dreams, changing your behaviors, and overcoming negative habits is not only difficult at times, but it can be down right exhausting.

And believe it or not, getting the most out of life, improving your financial situation, or even reaching a specific goal requires a considerable amount of ambition and consistent energy. In short, you’ve got to be hungry and stay hungry to achieve the success you seek.

“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.”

Napoleon Hill, the author of the number 1 best-selling self improvement book of all-time once stated, “Week desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.” Which is why we’ve pulled together these powerful stay hungry quotes… to help you stay on fire for what you want.

So, with that being said, if you’re ready for this collection of quotes meant to help you stay hungry for your aspirations so you can eventually turn them into reality, then let’s dive right in:

TOP QUOTES TO HELP YOU STAY HUNGRY FOR SUCCESS

1. “A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.” – Salman Khan

2. “Everyone wants to eat, but few are willing to hunt.” – Anonymous

3. “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.” – Dwayne Johnson

4. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King

5. “For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

6. “Stay hungry and follow your dreams.” – Jack Ma

7. “The world is a jungle. You either fight and dominate or hide and evaporate.” – Anonymous

8. “If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn

9. “When you’re hungry for success, don’t let anyone feed you crap about slowing down.” – Marie Forleo

10. “Stay hungry, stay humble” – Tom Brady

11. “Stay hungry. Feast on success. Be more, do more.” – Anonymous

12. “The most successful people in the world have an insatiable hunger to do more, be more, give more, and create more.” – Tony Robbins

13. “Become so curious and obsessed with one thing that you forget everything else. Follow it, drink it, dive deep in it, master it. Remarkable results need remarkable actions.” – Maxime Lagacé

14. “Don’t wait for opportunity to knock, leave the door open.” – Anonymous

15. “Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.” – Les Brown

16. “If you are not hungry for success, you will not make the best use of your time. It is simple and clear. People who are hungry for food never play with a meal when they see it.” – Israelmore Ayivor

17. “I suggest that you become obsessed about the things you want; otherwise, you are going to spend a lifetime being obsessed with making up excuses as to why you didn’t get the life you wanted.” – Grant Cardone

18. “A hungry dog hunts best. A hungrier dog hunts even better.” – Norman Ralph Augustine

19. “The wolf on the hill is not as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill.” – Anonymous

20. “The people who want to step into their greatness are hungry!” – Les Brown

21. “Be ambitious and passionate about what you are doing and success will find you.” – Steve Jobs

22. “Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.”  –  Arnold Schwarzenegger

23. “You’ve gotta be hungry for it; ready to put everything into it. EVERYTHING! Every second. You have to be the first one to the line. That’s how leaders are born.” – Ray Lewis

24. “Many successful founders were not wealthy when they began. They were hungry for success.” Eric Ries

25. “I’m hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.” – Jay Z

Ready To Get Back to Unleashing Your Talent Yet?

We don’t know about you, but after reading through this first set of stay hungry quotes, we’re feeling fired up to unleash more of our best into the world.  But don’t stop reading just yet on our account. 

By all means, keep saturating your mind with this last set of quotes on staying hungry for success.  Let them rev you up and reignite your drive to achieve “the impossible”. Let’s go!

Related: Best Motivational Quotes of All-Time

26. “Be obsessed or be average.” – Grant Cardone

27. “Surround yourself with those that are hungry for success. – If you get complacent, the pack will remind you to hunt.” – Tiffany Shotwell

28. “My hunger has destroyed my fear of failure. Being hungry is the key element of my success. I am not satisfied with what I achieved yesterday. I want to make progress, to innovate, to grow and to revolutionize the world .” – Steve Jobs

29. “If you want to do anything worthwhile in life, you gotta be hungry.” – Les Brown

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

31. “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer

32. “I was always very intense.  As a kid already I was very intense, and I was very hungry.  I always wanted to be the best, I always to be number one, I always wanted to get to the top.  I never believed in just getting by.”  –  Arnold Schwarzenegger

33. “When you’re thirsty drink, when you’re hungry eat, when you want success, work hard.” – Victoria Addino

34. “You need hard work like before you became champion, you work because you were hungry, you need this, and you have big motivation, then you become champion, you lose your motivation, but you forget about other guys, coming, training so hard, very hungry, and you have to understand this. I understand this. I know this stuff, and that is why I keep training and keep working.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov

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

36. “I don’t like being comfortable.  Once you get used to it, it’s hard to give up.  I’d rather stay hungry.”  –  Arnold Schwarzenegger

37. “Successful people stay hungry — knowing this is the only way to no go hungry.” – Grant Cardone

38. “It is essential to understand that battles are primarily won in the hearts of men.” – Vince Lombardi

39. “A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.” – Marcus Aurelius

40. “Practice like you’ve never won. Play like you’ve never lost.” – Michael Jordan

41. “The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible — and achieve it, generation after generation.” – Pearl S. Buck

42. “Be grateful for what you have, but stay hungry for more.” – Atlas Rowe

43. “The one common denominator of all successful people is their hunger to push through their fears.” – Tony Robbins

44.  “If you really want something, you will work hard for it.” – Edmund Hillary

45. “Success is the child of audacity.” – Benjamin Disraeli

46. “If a man does not work passionately – even furiously – at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.” – George Lois

47. “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.” – Abraham Lincoln

48. “I’ve accomplished more than I ever dreamed. But I’m hungry for more.” – Lewis Hamilton

49. “The starting point of all achievement, is desire.” – Napoleon Hill

50. “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs

Final Thoughts

“Stay hungry” is a popular maxim these days. It’s popularity has grown due to the fact that staying motivated has been isolated as a major factor for achieving what we are after. Being hungry and staying hungry is all about maintaining the resolve, the drive, and the will to achieve whatever it is you’ve set your sights on.

With that being said, we hope these top 50 quotes on being hungry for success, have rekindled you desire for achievement. We hope they have nudged you, even if just a little, to keep to pressing on, full-steam ahead towards your dreams.

Keep to it,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these inspiring quotes on being hungry for success, then no doubt you’ll love these powerful motivational sayings.

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Everyone appreciates a great comeback story. It doesn’t matter if its about a person who after hitting rock-bottom turns their whole life around, or someone who against all odds achieves their dreams. Rooting for the underdog is baked into our DNA.

“It’s Not Over Till It’s Over.”

With that said, we understand that if you’re reading this page right now, there’s a good chance that you may be experiencing your own challenges right now. You may feel like you’re up against the ropes, or like you can’t turn things around in your life. If that is you, just remember, it isn’t over till it’s over… and you can mount a comeback.

We’ve got your back, and we are rooting for you. Which is why we’ve pulled together some of the most powerful and motivating comeback quotes. Our hope is that these quotes remind you to keep fighting, to stay hopeful, and if you’ve fallen, to get back up. May these quotes inspire you to make your comeback.

BEST COMEBACK QUOTES FOR OVERCOMING SETBACKS

1. “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

2. “The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant

3. “If I can comeback from where I come from, then you can do it too.” – Tyson Fury

4. “Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that’ll be me.” – Steven Adler

5. “The comeback is always stronger than the setback.” – Anonymous

6. “What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” – Lionel Block

7. “Celebrate small victories. Although they may not yet count as your big comeback, these will help re-establish your self-esteem and empower you to take on the challenges that lie ahead.” – Salma El-Shurafa 

8. “Great people make failure the cornerstone of their success.” – Anonymous

9. “You don’t lose if you get knocked down; you lose if you stay down.” – Muhammad Ali

10. “A setback is a setup for a comeback.” – Les Brown

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

12. “Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.” – Les Brown

13. “It’s not over till you WIN!” – Les Brown

14. “I am making the comeback of the century.” – Bob Backlund

15. “A setback only paves the way for a comeback.” – Evander Holyfield

16. “I wanted to show the world that it can be done. Anything is possible with the right mindset. If you believe in yourself and you sacrifice and dedicate, with the right help you can come back.” – Tyson Fury

17. “Failure is not the end. Failure is the the start of your comeback story.” – Anonymous

18. “I’m always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I’ve been.” – Billie Holiday

19. “When life knocks you down, get back up, and whatever you do, don’t stop swinging!” – The STRIVE

20. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth

21. “I just showed the world tonight, everyone suffering from mental health. You can comeback, it can be done.” – Tyson Fury

22. “To anyone who is struggling early in the morning or late at night in pursuit of your dream, struggles that many will never see, and to any leaders out there, who believe in someone who does not yet believe in themselves, keep going. Keep going, because WILL always finds a WAY.” – Tom Brady

23. “A great champion deals with setback with a comeback.” – Donna de Varona

24. “Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino

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

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

27. “Failure is often a prerequisite for your success; not a life sentence.” – Anonymous

28. “Setbacks are part and parcel of life. But, if you can see each set back as but another opportunity to spring you further ahead of where you were before your set back, you’ll become unstoppable.” – The STRIVE

29. “Today’s struggle is tomorrow’s strength, and today’s failure is tomorrow’s reward.” – Comeback Quote

30. “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.” – Rocky

31. “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

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

33. “The secret to mounting a successful comeback is to never stop believing.” – Nathan Lee Morales

34. “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But soon or late the one who wins, Is the one who thinks he can!” – Walter D. Wintle

35. “A champion is defined by the adversity he overcomes.” – Anderson Silva

36. “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

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

Halfway There

You’re more than halfway done, great job! With that said, we hope these comeback quotes are reigniting the fighting spirit within, so you can overcome whatever challenges you may be facing in life.

If you’re not feeling fired up to make your comeback yet, well then, by all means, please keep hammering away at these comeback quotes. The best is yet to come!

38. “The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated…it is finished when it surrenders.” – Ben Stein

39. “All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that’s why it takes so long.” – Steven Spielberg

40. “Sometimes, a winner is a dreamer who just won’t quit.” – Rudy

41. “There’s nothing as exciting as a comeback – seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.” – Rachel Griffiths

42. “It’s never too late to make a comeback.” – Christina Katz

43. “You can’t master your future if you’re still a slave to your past.” – Rihanna

44. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot

45. “My comeback was not about winning or losing; it was about the feeling of being able to compete at top level again.” – Thomas Muster

46. “The biggest comeback is making yourself happy again.” – Anonymous

47. “I don’t know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.” – Lane Kiffin

48. “I just think, as a people in general, we should always look at ourselves as the underdog, so we should always go harder than the next person.” – Shaggy

49. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin “

50. “You must fail a hundred times to succeed once.” – Sylvester Stallone

51. “But ultimately what matters most is resilience–the ability to quickly rebound from failures, indeed to see failure as a stepping stone to success.” –  Arianna Huffington 

52. “A comeback is a setback that did its homework, learned the lesson, and then moved forward.” –  Eleanor Brownn

53. “When you’re crying, your tears may be watering the seeds of your come-back.” – Steve Maraboli

54. “Live the Life of Your Dreams. When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes and setbacks along the way. But with hard work, perseverance and self-belief there is no limit to what you can achieve.” – Roy T. Bennett

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

56. “Brick walls are not there to keep us out, they are there to show us how much we want something.” – Randy Pausch

57. “I was the undersized underdog who people never gave a chance. From that, the motivation to prove people wrong just grew and grew.” –  Baker Mayfield

58. “We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.” – Stephen Covey

59. “It’s possible that you can bounce back from adversity and reinvent your life.” – Atlas Rowe

60. “I stayed true to my dreams, and eventually they came true.” – Kevin Hart

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

62. “If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you like to win, but you think you can’t, It is almost certain you won’t.” – Walter D. Wintle

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

64. “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” – Lou Holtz

65. “The belief that I could still do it, inspired me to work harder.” – Phil Mickelson

66. “I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.” – Alonzo Mourning

67. “So don’t give up, don’t look down, cause your time is gonna come around.” – Kevin Rudolpf

68. “Your “I CAN” is more important than your IQ.” – Robin Sharma

69. “You can make a comeback, but ONLY if believe you can.” – Nathan Lee Morales

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

71. “In business, setbacks are a part of the game. Whether it’s small losses (losing a deal to a competitor), or big ones (the inability to break even); failure is normal. But, so is dusting yourself off and bouncing back when those setbacks come your way. In fact, your success as an entrepreneur is directly related to how well you bounce back from failure.” – Emily Andrews

72. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, its whether you get back up.” – Vince Lombardi

73. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

74. “I think it’s more than whether or not you win or lose. It’s having that opportunity on that final round, final nine, to come down the stretch with a chance to win.” – Phil Mickelson

75. “You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice a work hard for it.” – Lionel Messi

76. “Start today creating a vision for yourself, your life, and your career. Bounce back from adversity and create what you want, rebuild and rebrand.” – Germany Kent

77. “Yesterday I dared to struggle, today I dare to win.” – Bernadette Devlin

78. “Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.” – Dalai Lama

79. “Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.” – Robert Downey Jr.

80. “We can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light.” – Coach Tony D’Amato, Any Given Sunday

81. “The secret to life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” – Paulo Coelho

82. “Setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams.” – Dara Torres

83. “In every adversity lies the seed of an equal or greater opportunity.” – Napoleon Hill

84. “Every setback has a major comeback.” – Russell Wilson

85. “I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.” – Tom Landry

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

87. “I’ve always made some legendary comebacks since 1998 when it first started. So that’s kind of just been my MO for my whole career.” – Serena Williams

88. “Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.” – Walt Disney

89. “I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.” – Thomas Edison

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

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

92. “There are better starters than me but I’m a strong finisher.” – Usain Bolt

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

94. “Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy

96. “The most successful people see adversity not as a stumbling block, but as a stepping stone to greatness.” – Shawn Anchor

96. “If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If you fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters How you are going to finish.” – Nick Vujicic

97. “In the depth of Winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus

98. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

99. “Adversity cause some men to break; others to break records.”

100. “It is in the valley of failure that we sow our seeds of success.” – James Altucher

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

102. “One’s best success comes after their greatest disappointments.” – Henry Ward Beecher

103. “From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks, conclusions can be drawn. That goes for your private life as well as your career.” – Niki Lauda

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

105. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

106. “The best story is a comeback story.” – Nathan Lee Morales

107. “It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.” – Chuck Palahniuk

108. “Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that’ll be me.” – Steven Ader

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

110. “Once you’ve hit rock bottom the only way is up.” – Anonymous

Bonus Comeback Quote

Bonus: Out of all our comeback quotes this one is a bonus as it comes from someone who knows a thing or two about making a comeback. Once ridiculed by his class and his teacher after telling them about his dream to be on the Television someday, to then eventually having to live out of his car, homeless, for three whole years while he struggled to reach his dream, Steve Harvey knows what it means to make a comeback.

“Your Setback Is Just A Setup For Your Comeback.”

– steve harvey –

Final Thoughts

Alright, there you have it, the best of the best when it comes to comeback quotes. We hope you got what you came for… massive amounts of encouragement to help you keep your eye on the prize, a reminder to never surrender, and new inspiration to aid you in mounting your own personal comeback.

Your victory is just around the corner!

Till then,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these comeback quotes, then you may enjoy one of these extremely inspiring comeback stories:

• Tyson Fury Comeback Story

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• Rudy Comeback Story

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