Quotes About Achievement

We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.

Successful women don't sleep until noon.

Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases

He who ascends to mountaintops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below

He had the ruthlessness of uninterrupted success.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.

Remember that the true pleasures of life consist in the exertion of our own powers. If you were to feast every day upon roasted partridges from off Dresden china, and dip your whiskers in syllabubs and creams, it could never give you such true enjoyment as the commonest food procured by the labor of your own paws.

A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

I made it to the moon and nothing changed.

We had a solid structure and format in place, seasoned people involved in the production of the show, and audience popularity that was unprecedented. We knew we were onto something, but we had no idea that it would last as long as it did. That surprised all of us--but it was a wonderful surprise.

human beings glorify God by achieving much more than survival. We glorify Him by understanding and ruling over the creation and then producing more and more wonderful goods from it for our enjoyment, with thanksgiving to God.

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.

Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

When I was young, I used to think that wealth and power would bring me happiness. . . . I was right. —GAHAN WILSON

Coral Gables was successful from the start.

In baseball, when you get into the batter's box, that's it. It's just you. It's one man against the world. All that matters in that moment is your individual achievement and your individual skill. There is literally nothing that anyone else on your team can do for you. Hell, they're all sitting on the bench, waiting to see what happens, just like the fans in the crowd! It's just you and your bat. And the ball.

It's just a base hit, people. It means nothing unless we put a string of them together.

Nothing is impossible, if YOU believe you can achieve it.

bullshit might help you get to the top, but it won't keep you there.

The successful cannot be unhappy -- it was a contradiction in terms.