Quotes About Achievement

Many of the great things in the history of our civilization have been achieved by the independent will of a determined soul. But the greatest opportunities and boundless accomplishments of the Knowledge Worker Age are reserved for those who master the art of "we." True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly—with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.

Independence is an important, even vital, value and achievement. The problem is, we live in an interdependent reality, and our most important accomplishments require interdependency skills well beyond our present abilities.

Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Algebra comes before calculus.

he realized that real success is success with self. It's not in having things, but in having mastery, having victory over self.

But you just can't do it; you simply have to travel the road. You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.

El «despegue» exige un esfuerzo tremendo, pero en cuanto nos despegamos de la atracción gravitatoria, nuestra libertad adquiere una dimensión totalmente nueva.

our son's "socially impressive" accomplishments were more a serendipitous expression of the feelings he had about himself than merely a response to social reward.

By working on knowledge, skill, and desire

Sandra and I believe that our son's "socially impressive" accomplishments were more a serendipitous expression of the feelings he had about himself than merely a response to social reward.

Your attitude determines your altitude," "Smiling wins more friends than frowning," and "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.

Out of his private victories, public victories began to come.

True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly—with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.

It is said that wars are won in the general's tent. Sharpening the saw in the first three dimensions—the physical, the spiritual, and the mental—is a practice I call the "Daily Private Victory." And I commend to you the simple practice of spending one hour a day every day doing it—one hour a day for the rest of your life.

It was not the luck of being at the right moment in history that separated Bill Gates, but his proactive response to being at the right moment (Habit 1: Be Proactive).

the present moment. What can you get done today, tomorrow, or next week that will bring you that much closer to your final destination? See if you can project a bit and schedule just the first three steps on your list into your planning system. The rest will come later. Then go for it! Move ahead each day with the vision of that goal in mind and keep pressing forward.

Success became more a function of personality, of public image, of attitudes and behaviors, skills and techniques that lubricate the processes of human interaction.

success in any endeavor is always derived from acting in harmony with the principles to which the success is tied.

They are the "Private Victories," the essence of character growth. Private victories precede public victories.

Most people see effectiveness from the golden egg paradigm: the more you produce, the more you do, the more effective you are.

If you carefully consider what you wanted to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success. It

One of the main things his research showed was that almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before they actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.

everything that passes unattempted is impossible." At

There's no such thing as failure. Sort of progress is better than nothing. Under the circumstances, it's probably impressive. We can only do what we can.

Because happy is what happens when all your dreams come true! Well ... isn't it?