While some of the world's wealthiest people inherited their money, many earned it the good old fashioned way--through hard work, smarts, and perseverance. If you've got a goal of succeeding in life, then there are a lot of things you can learn from those who have already made it. Here are some particularly inspiring quotes from some particularly successful people.
1. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." --Steve Jobs
2. "Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it." --Mark Cuban
3. "If you can't make it good, at least make it look good." --Bill Gates
4. "What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction." --Oprah Winfrey
5. "Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins." --Carlos Slim
6. "Keep everybody guessing as to what your next trick is going to be. Don't become too predictable." --Sam Walton
7. "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all." --J.K. Rowling
8. "If you decide that you're going to do only the things you know are going to work, you're going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table." --Jeff Bezos
9. "You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen." --Michael Bloomberg
10. "I could either watch it happen, or be part of it." --Elon Musk
11. "Done is better than perfect." --Mark Zuckerberg
12. "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." --Bill Gates
13. "Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me." --Steve Jobs
14. "If you are hardworking and determined, you will make it and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through." --Isabel dos Santos
15. "You can't make a good deal with a bad person." --Warren Buffett
16. "When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts." --Larry Ellison
17. "When you're a catalyst for change, you make enemies--and I'm proud of the ones I've got." --Rupert Murdoch