Quotes About Achievement

If you're prepared, and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there. —MARK CUBAN

Achievers rarely, if ever, see a problem as permanent, while those who fail see even the smallest problems as permanent.

Success is buried on the other side of frustration.

1. What do I really want? (Vision.) 2. What is important about it? (Values.) 3. How will I get it? (Methods.) 4. What is preventing me from having it? (Obstacles.) 5. How will I know I am successful? (Measurements.)

The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: 1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving, 2) You are willing to take massive action, 3) You notice what's working or not, and 4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way.

success is simple. First, you decide what you want specifically; and second, you decide you're willing to pay the price to make it happen—and then pay that price.

The road to success is always under construction. It is a progressive course, not an end to be reached.

Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power—it's potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action." —Thomas Henry Huxley

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." —W. Somerset Maugham

Knowledge is power, but execution trumps knowledge, so it's what you do from here that will matter.

Belief #6: Work is play. Do you know any person who has achieved massive success by doing what he hates? I don't. One of the keys to success is making a successful marriage between what you do and what you love. Pablo Picasso once said, "When I work, I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired." Maybe

many of the most famous people in our culture have achieved their dreams but have still not found a way to enjoy them. They often turn to drugs because they feel unfulfilled. This is because they are missing the distinction between achieving one's goals and living one's values

that people who produce outstanding results think this way.

What's the point of massive achievement if your life has no balance? And what's the point of winning the game if you never take the time to celebrate and appreciate the life you have? There's nothing worse than a rich person who's chronically angry or unhappy.

when you seek Significance, you're always comparing yourself with someone else. And there's always someone bigger, taller, stronger, faster, richer, funnier, younger, more handsome, more beautiful, with a bigger yacht, a nicer car, a nicer home.

His story wasn't "I'll never read," it was "I have dyslexia, so I have to work harder to make everything happen—and I will.

People who consistently succeed are those who can commit all of their resources, mental and physical, to work together toward achieving a task.

The difference between those who fail to achieve their goals in life and those who succeed is the difference between those who cannot put themselves in a supportive state and those who can consistently put themselves in a state that supports them in their achievements.

great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova once said, "To follow, without halt, one aim: there's the secret of success.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

I'm here to tell you that it's not important initially to know how you're going to create a result. What's important is to decide you will find a way, no matter what. In Unlimited Power, I outlined what I call "The Ultimate Success Formula," which is an elementary process for getting you where you want to go: 1) Decide what you want, 2) Take action, 3) Notice what's working or not, and 4) Change your approach until you achieve what you want.

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there. —VINCE LOMBARDI

success leaves clues. People who succeed at the highest level are not lucky; they're doing something differently than everyone else does.