Quotes About Achievement

If the physicists seem to achieve their ends more successfully than the theologians, that is simply a reflection of how much easier science is than theology.

the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above. No other nation has landed on the Moon. Satellites and space stations in orbits around the earth, yes, but no other nation has 'mounted up' or 'ascended' so far into the heavens, except for America, making this identity clue fascinatingly applicable only to one nation. Needless to say, neither Iraq nor any Church has accomplished such a deed.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, learn along the way, and keep moving. ~ Conrad Hilton

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. ~ Peter Drucker

People have said to me, 'Well, if you ran you might get more speaking appearances, and you could sell another book.' Frankly, that's the last thing on my mind. If I get in, I'll get in to win.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort.

The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it.

I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.

It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like we all do in the darkroom and he struggled behind the camera, and when he had a success he was beaming.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." Calvin Coolidge

Expect little, and we live up to the expectation. Expect a lot, and we stretch and grow to meet the expectation.

I invite you to join me in the pursuit of success. Let's not stop until we run as far and fast and as long as we can, as He empowers us.

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

He stands in history as the completer of the globe.

I frequently recall his sage advice to me at our first meeting: "Don't change who you are now that you've 'arrived.

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

The world is work; life is work; growth is work; all things are full of labour, and attain their perfection only by labour.

The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.

Have intercourse with females, acquire wealth.

Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

A passionate desire for posthumous glory was a leading motive for men of the Renaissance, whatever their calling.