Quotes About Achievement

I came, he said. Good Lord! If there were an orator-of-the-year award, he would be in dire danger of winning it.

Was something worth having, though, if it didn't present a challenge?

L'homme c'est rien, l'oeuvre c'est tout»

El hombre no es nada, la obra lo es todo.

En enkelt gang er De sunket dybt. Lad nu fremtiden vise, hvor højt De kan nå op.

knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius, and

le conspirateur le plus assuré de réussir est celui qui conspire tout seul.

For once you have fallen low. Let us see, in the future, how high you can rise.

In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army.

Das sind Leute, die immer Erfolg haben, ohne daß man weiß, wie er zustande kommt. Die Leute arbeiten mit Einbildungskraft anstatt mit nackten Tatsachen.«

Speaking professionally, it was admirably done. -John H. Watson- -The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes-

Every fresh advance which we make only reveals a fresh ridge beyond. And yet we have surely made some appreciable progress.

Otrpjet ?u napore školovanja, otrpjet ?u sve muke, samo neka mi se pruži prilika privu?i pozornost muškarca kao što je predsjednik.

Meus encontros com o General me lembravam certa vez quando, ainda criança, eu lutara por subir numa árvore e pegar certa folha no alto. Era tudo uma questão de movimentos cautelosos, suportando o desconforto até finalmente atingir meu objetivo.

But then I get to thinking of our mortality and human weakness, remembering there has never been power with purity—anywhere. If you want to be pure, you must stand alone. If you seek to do positive things, achieve something, leave the world a mite better than you found it, then you must choose power and throw some of your purity away. There's no other choice.

Arthur Hailey

The myopic child, who sometimes saw the world doubled or quadrupled, became the founder of modern optics (the word 'dioptries' on the oculist's prescription is derived from the title of one of Kepler's books); the man who could only see clearly at a short distance, invented the modern astronomical telescope. We shall have occassion to watch the working of this magic dynamo, which transforms pain into achievement and curses into blessings.

Figure it out. Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there's nobody to live in it.

HAPPY: All right, boy. I'm gonna show you and everybody else that Willy Loman did not die in vain. He had a good dream. It's the only dream you can have-- to come out number-one man.

Work a lifetime to pay off a house. you finally own it, and there's nobody to live in it.

Figure it out. Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there's nobody o live in it.

You have made your magic now

Willy: I am building something with this firm, Ben, and if a man is building something he must be on the right track, mustn't he? Ben: What are you building? Lay your hand on it. where is it? Willy [hesitantly]: That's true, Linda, there's nothing.

Gotta break your neck to see a star in this yard.