Quotes About Achievement

Achieving and then losing again can be more painful than not achieving at all, which is why many children of narcissists do so little. Barely functioning defends us from loss.

In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done, quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.

Dont' make excuses, make good.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Don't make excuses — make good.

Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.

He who has achieved success has worked well, laughed often and loved much.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. That is part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure continously without resentment.

The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

True life lies in laughter, love and work.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.

The line between failure and success is so fine. . . that we are often on the line and do not know it.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?

We work to become, not to acquire.

No one gets very far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is certainly going to be criticized, vilified and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is certainly going to be criticized, vilified and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it...

Work to become, not to acquire.

The unattainable was most desireable. The already attained was dull.