--- title: "14 Thing Successful Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 14 Thing Successful quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Thing Successful sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/brendon-burchard-3247_failure_the-first-thing-successful-people-do-is_2311237.png" --- > [The first thing successful people do is view failure as a positive signal to success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-burchard/the-first-thing-successful-people-do-is-view-failure-as-a-positive/) [Brendon Burchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendon-burchard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/brendon-burchard-3247_failure_the-first-thing-successful-people-do-is_2311237.png) > [The best thing about becoming successful is that you get flowers all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-best-thing-about-becoming-successful-is-that-you-get-flowers-all/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/anonymous-1_becoming_the-best-thing-about-becoming-successful_714497.jpg) > [Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/having-a-successful-first-album-is-one-thing-but-a-successful-third/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/anonymous-1_albums_having-a-successful-first-album-is-one-t_2070315.jpg) > [It's not for the writer to say whether the thing is successful or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bezmozgis/it-s-not-for-the-writer-to-say-whether-the-thing-is-successful-or-not/) [David Bezmozgis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bezmozgis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/david-bezmozgis-20993_success_it-s-not-for-the-writer-to-say-whether-t_2796836.jpg) > [“The one thing that all successful people have in common is persistence,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garr-reynolds/the-one-thing-that-all-successful-people-have-in-common-is-persistence/) [Garr Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garr-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/garr-reynolds-103672_persistence_the-one-thing-that-all-successful-people_2592502.jpg) > [I find people to be people everywhere. Everyone wants the same thing - be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-whitacre-jr/i-find-people-to-be-people-everywhere-everyone-wants-the-same-thing/) [Edward Whitacre, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-whitacre-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d01/edward-whitacre-jr-26569_being-successful_i-find-people-to-be-people-everywhere-ev_1890354.png) > [There is no such thing as a successful defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-s-patton/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-successful-defense/) [George S. Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-s-patton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/george-s-patton-1770_defense_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-successful-d_2476337.jpg) > [The only thing all successful people have in common is that they're successful, so don't waste your time copying "the successful strategies"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/the-only-thing-all-successful-people-have-in-common-is-that-they-re/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/seth-godin-152_common_the-only-thing-all-successful-people-hav_113420.png) > [If one person did one thing to be successful, that doesn't necessarily mean that's your story, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karrueche-tran/if-one-person-did-one-thing-to-be-successful-that-doesn-t-necessarily/) [Karrueche Tran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karrueche-tran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/karrueche-tran-6103_mean_if-one-person-did-one-thing-to-be-succes_2093590.jpg) > [I've never believed in competition. Everyone's here to do their own thing and become successful in that respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armaan-malik/i-ve-never-believed-in-competition-everyone-s-here-to-do-their-own/) [Armaan Malik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armaan-malik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/armaan-malik-7008_become_i-ve-never-believed-in-competition-every_2884638.jpg) > [That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zara-larsson/that-s-a-beautiful-thing-the-more-successful-you-are-the-more-people/) [Zara Larsson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zara-larsson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/zara-larsson-11039_beautiful_that-s-a-beautiful-thing-the-more-succes_620084.jpg) > [There's only one thing that all the successful companies in the world have in common: None was started by one person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-s-only-one-thing-that-all-the-successful-companies-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d88/anonymous-1_business_there-s-only-one-thing-that-all-the-succ_1111051.jpg) > [One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-hoffman/one-thing-about-being-successful-is-that-i-stopped-being-afraid-of/) [Dustin Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/dustin-hoffman-4662_being-afraid_one-thing-about-being-successful-is-that_2531251.jpg) > [Sometimes people think success comes over night. There is no such thing, anyone you ever see that is successful has worked at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-shields/sometimes-people-think-success-comes-over-night-there-is-no-such/) [Tyler Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-shields/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/tyler-shields-45720_bruises_sometimes-people-think-success-comes-ove_1190185.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thing-successful/#itemlist", "name": "Thing Successful Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first thing successful people do is view failure as a positive signal to success.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brendon Burchard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendon-burchard/the-first-thing-successful-people-do-is-view-failure-as-a-positive/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", 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