100+ Inspirational Quotes For Kids About Success

It’s never too early to train the kids on the path to achieving success in life.

Success is looked at from different dimensions by different people, many describe success as making more money and becoming famous, it does not tell the whole picture. There’s even more to success than you’ve ever imagined.

Growing up isn’t an easy process and people with who the kids spend most of their time, have a great role in shaping them to become better individuals. Parents, and school teachers, all have an incredible amount of role to encourage the kids to be the best they can be.

Kids are lovely gifts from God and they bring much happiness to the family especially when they’re well-behaved.  They are cute and adorable; their smile alone can melt a heart. As they grow, they’re more likely to come across so many changes in life, some of which may be highly challenging but when they have the right inspo, they will always win even when it gets tough.

Whether you’re looking for inspirational quotes for kids about success or some positive sayings to encourage the kids on their path to becoming successful, we’ve put together the best list of positive sayings on this post, and may they inspire greatness in your little ones.

We have also carefully selected the most popular inspirational quotes for students, to help make a child find schooling interesting and less stressful.

Inspirational quotes for kids on success and life.

1. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” —  Mahatma Gandhi
2. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” —  Barack Obama
3. “Dream big and dare to fail.” —  Norman Vaughan
4. “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.” —  Muhammed Ali
5. “If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” —  Roald Dahl
6. “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” —  Dolly Parton
7. “It always seems impossible until it is done.” —  Nelson Mandela
8. “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” —  Dr. Seuss
9. “There is no substitute for hard work.” —  Thomas Edison
10.  “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” —  George Sand
11. “There’s no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.” —  Mr. Fred Rogers
12. “We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don’t make us weak. They’re the source of our strength.” —  Jimmy Carter
13. “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.” —  J.K. Rowling
14. “When you know better, you do better.” —  Maya Angelou
15. “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” —  A.A. Milne
16. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —  Confucius
17.  “Action is the fundamental key to success.” — Pablo Picasso
18. “All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way.” — William Spady
19. “Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world.” — Roald Dahl
20. “Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.” —  H. Jackson Brown
21. “Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.” —  Fred Rogers

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22. “Anything is possible. Anything can be.” — Shel Silverstein
23. “Be silly, be honest, be kind.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
24. “Being different isn’t a bad thing. It means you’re brave enough to be yourself.” — Luna Lovegood
25. “Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.” — Jess Lair
26. “Children are our most valuable resource.” —  Herbert Hoover
27. “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” —  Margaret Mead
28. “Children will listen to you after they feel listened to.” — Jane Nelsen
29.  “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.” — Dalai Lama
30. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
31. “Don’t doubt your value. Don’t run from who you are.” — Aslan
32. “Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.” — Jim Rohn
33. “Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.” — John Wooden
34. “Every child you encounter is a divine appointment.” —  Wess Stafford
35. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” — Henry David Thoreau
36. “I don’t love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.” — Natalie Portman
37. “I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” — Pablo Casals
38. “I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” — Booker T. Washington
39. “I never dreamed about success.  I worked for it.” — Estee Lauder
40. “I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ” ― Oprah Winfrey
41. “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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42. “If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney
43. “If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.” — Roald Dahl
44. “If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Jim Rohn
45. “If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.” —Katharine Hepburn
46. “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” — Albert Einstein
47. “It is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” — George Burns
48. “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” — Epictetus
49. “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.” — Dalai Lama XIV
50. “Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They’re underused.” — Tommy Lee Jones
51. “Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christen Andersen
52. “Make each day your masterpiece.” — John Wooden
53. “Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.” — Auliq Ice
54. “Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.” — Horace Mann
55. “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” — Mother Teresa
56. “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. ” – Albert Einstein
57. “Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do.” — H. Jackson Brown
58. “Never waste a minute thinking of anyone you don’t like.” —  Eisenhower
59. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop
60. “No kid is unsmart. Every kid’s a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.” — Robin Sharma
61. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

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62. “No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers.” — Wolfgang Riebe
63. “Nothing is particularly hard if you break it down into small jobs.” — Henry Ford
64. “One thing I believe strongly in this life is that you just don’t reward bad behavior.” — Dr. Phil
65. “Only surround yourself with people who will lift you higher.” — Oprah Winfrey
66.  “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy
67. “Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun. ”— Mignon McLaughlin
68. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” — Thomas A. Edison
69. “Practice isn’t the thing you do once your good.  It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” — Malcolm Gladwell
70. “Preparation is the key to success.” — Alexander Graham Bell
71. “Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.” — Pamela Vaull Starr
72. “Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.” — Laurence Sterne
73. “Rest in reason; move in passion.” —  Khalil Gibran
74. “Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” — Alice Munro
75. “Success comes from going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
76. “Success comes in cans; failure in can’t” – Wilfred Peterson
77. “Success doesn’t come to you, you’ve got to go to it.” — Marva Collins
78. “Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket.” — Mark Caine
79. “Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.” ― Joyce Brothers
80. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” — Roy T. Bennett
81. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Herman Cain

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82. “Success is the sum of small efforts being repeated day in and day out.” — Robert Collier
83. “Success isn’t about how much money you make.  It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” — Michelle Obama
84. “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” — George Sheehan
85. “Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.” — Marianne Williamson
86. “The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.” — Mark Twain
87. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” — Vince Lombardi
88. “The expert in anything was once a beginner.” — Helen Hayes
89. “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.” —  — Denis Waitley
90. “The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop quotes
91. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” — Dr. Seuss
92. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
93. “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” — Napoleon Hill
94. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell
95. “There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” — Unknown
96. “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” — John Holmes
97. “There is no substitute for hard work.” — Thomas Edison
98. “There’s no elevator to success.  You have to take the stairs.” — Unknown
99. “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” — Albert Einstein
100. “We all can dance when we find music we love.” — Giles Andreae

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101.  “We grow great by dreams.” — Woodrow Wilson
102. “We know what we are but know not what we may be.” — Shakespeare
103. “We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.” — Chen Shui-bian
104. “When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.” — George Washington Carver
105. “When you know better you do better.” — Maya Angelou
106. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” – Dr. Seuss
107. “Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before. ” – Bonnie Blair
108. “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why we call it ‘The Present’.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
109. “You always pass failure on the way to success.” — Mickey Rooney
110.  “You are always responsible for how you act, no matter how you feel.” — Robert Tew
111. “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” — Kahlil Gibran
112. “You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss
113. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.” — Oprah Winfrey
114. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
115. “Your behavior is a choice; it isn’t who you are.” — Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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