Quotes About Achievement

One day GOOGLE will say my name...

Be patient, if thou wouldst thy ends accomplish; for like patience is there no appliance effective of success, producing certainly abundant fruit of actions, never damped by failure, conquering all impediments.

One of the main sources of mental corruption in this country is the ghost of Vince Lombardi: don't matter how you play the game, don't matter if you enjoy the game, don't matter if the game means anything, the important thing is TO WIN. I think that's as good a definition of mental illness as you're ever gonna get.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.

Ordinary people given an opportunity are capable of accomplishing extraordinary things.

When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example.

The greatest improvement is made by the man who works most intelligently.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To attain any kind of life in this universe of ours appears to be quite an achievement. As humans we are doubly lucky, of course: We enjoy not only the privilege of existence but also the singular ability to appreciate it and even, in a multitude of ways, to make it better. It is a talent we have only barely begun to grasp.

I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true: Dream, Believe, Dare, Do.

This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge

talented but only a 6 or 7 out of 10, and we both know that the world only gives golden medals to the 9's and 10's

The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.

When they said to you at graduation, "Follow your dream," did anybody say you have to wake up first?

Every success story has a parent who says, 'over my dead body.' Every success story has an old person who walks up to you and says, when you're acting the fool, 'you know I worry about you sometimes.'

There is no labor a person does that is undignified; if they do it right.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

The bottom line with men is: they feel best about themselves when they are solving problems. Therefore, they spend most of their time doing what they are best at while they attempt to ignore the things which cause them to feel deficient.

The victory comes in the daily discipline.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.

By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient.

A top-quartile teacher will increase the performance of their class — based on test scores — by over 10 percent in a single year. … That means that if the entire U.S., for two years, had top-quartile teachers, the entire difference between us and Asia would go away.