Quotes About Achievement

Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.

Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins.

The big things that come our way are ... the fruit of seeds planted in the daily routine of our work.

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

I want to be around when Newcastle win a trophy because I want to see this place lift off. It will be one hell of a party for a long time.

Even though you really don't feel like you're motivated to go to the gym, remember how good you felt after the last time you went. Keep that in the forefront of your brain.

Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.

I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I'd like to be a legend by the time I'm 25

A really important part of competition is coming back, trying to do it better the second time than you did the first.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

I believe 2016 is the Year of the Woman and now more than ever, it is our time to accomplish anything and everything.

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time.

I found fear stimulating. Particularly after you've done something that you'd been frightened of at the time, but you carried through and did the job.

Unless you're Mary Lou Retton, in the right place at the right time with the right personality, you're not going to be on a Wheaties box and have all these endorsements.

I wasn't at all focused on school, and I didn't achieve much. But I've got a sense of urgency now. I feel I can't let any more time waste away.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks.

Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.

Bill, we left megalomania behind a long time ago. Now we are gigalomaniacs.

When you really have the preparation time and things start taking the shape that they need, you have a beautiful feeling that comes from the hard work.

Time flies when you're having fun, and I've been having fun for the last thirty years. Reflecting on the upcoming 30th anniversary of Apollo 11.

Patience and time conquer all things.

If I had spent a quarter of the time that I spent manipulating my sexuality in front of a piano instead, I would be the most gifted piano player of my lifetime.

Small daily improvments over time create stuning results