Quotes About Achievement

The chief thing is to begin, after all—after which the chief thing is to finish.

It is far easier to get all the good things that our lives have to offer than it is to deserve them. We seldom have much joy of them, however, unless we deserve them.

that's something I didn't understand until recently: you don't get that degree; it gets you.

Each time you gain your hearts desire, your heart shall reach for something higher.

It was in this fashion that I began the long journey by which I have backed into the throne.

There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improvable superlative.

The true and full object and utility of Yoga can only be accomplished when the conscious Yoga in man becomes, like the subconscious Yoga in Nature, outwardly conterminous with life itself and we can once more, looking out both on the path and the achievement, say in a more perfect and luminous sense: "All life is Yoga." (Aurobindo 1976, 4)

We assert then that nothing has been accomplished without interest on the part of the actors; and — if interest be called passion, inasmuch as the whole individuality, to the neglect of all other actual or possible interests and claims, is devoted to an object with every fibre of volition, concentrating all its desires and powers upon it — we may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the World has been accomplished without passion.

Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

People do not become great by doing great things. They do great things because they are great.

What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing.

The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Banyak orang mengeluh tentang problem-problem yang selalu menghadang mereka untuk mencapai kesuksesan. Tetapi aku tidak percaya akan adanya problem-problem didunia ini justru yang mencari-cari problem yang mereka inginkan, dan bila tidak mereka temukan, mereka menciptakan problem-problem itu

As pessoas estão sempre culpando as circunstâncias pelo que elas são. Eu não acredito em circunstâncias. Os indivíduos que progridem neste mundo são aqueles que se mexem e procuram as circunstâncias que querem, e, se não conseguem encontrá-las, eles as criam.

It's never just a game when you're winning.

Here's a bumper sticker I'd like to see: "We are the proud parents of a child who's self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn't need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.

I'm not a person who thinks they can have it all, but I certainly feel that with a bit of effort and guile I should be able to have more than my fair share.

Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.

Every day I beat my own previous record for the number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

All destinations are final. That's what it means! Destiny...FINAL! If you haven't gotten to where you're going...YOU AREN'T THERE YET!

Wealth is a power. With wealth many things are possible