It’s funny how a lot of success quotes are attributed to semi-famous motivational speakers of whom we may or may not have heard. Here are a few from successful people you may have actually heard of:

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby

The Lord gave us two ends — one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.
- Ann Landers

Success is the child of audacity.
- Benjamin Disraeli

You never become a howling success by just howling.
- Bob Harrington

The road to success is always under construction
- Lily Tomlin

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
- David Brinkley

Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
- Winston Churchill

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
- Voltaire