Quotes About Achievement

Faayalo zweegbe. —Sólo aquel que va en busca del agua puede romper el cántaro.

plataforma petrolífera Kobayashi Maru, situada

Sólo aquel que va en busca del agua puede romper el cántaro. Lo sé, abuela. Pero cuéntaselo a quien espera en la aldea muerto de sed.

En el trasfondo de aquel proceso existía el secreto deseo de comprender su propia naturaleza. Él era un monstruo, y lo sabía. Y como todos los monstruos era otra de su propia soledad, una soledad particular. Si conseguía dominar las emociones y la empatía de otros, podría tal vez entender aquellas que le faltaban ese gran hueco en el centro de su corazón que sólo llenaba con vanidad, consiguiendo un logro tras otro.

This is the great adventure and the great discovery. No one can do it for us. Until we have reached the top of the mountain we cannot see in full glory the view that lies beyond; but glimpses of light illumine our path to the mountain.

Tengo la teoría de que cada hombre viene al mundo para cumplir un destino que no conoce, en forma de récord: hay algo que sólo él viene a hacer más o mejor que nadie. Cuando alcanza esa medida, ese récord desconocido incluso para él, muere...

When we are together, there is nothing we cannot achieve', which is something Michael used to say.

Ben is twenty-six, and this is his first job. He is small, weedy, and terribly, terribly serious about his work. His. Not anyone else's. He despises everyone else's. He has, however, produced our only literary fiction in the last two years that has sold over five thousand copies, so people listen to him. Which is a pity, since he doesn't really have anything to say.

Herhalde ünlü olabilmek için kötü bir çocukluk geçirmek gerekiyor diye düÅŸündü Anna.

All the famous people had had an awful time. One of them had had a drunken father. Another had a stammer. Another had to wash hundreds of dirty bottles. They had all had what was called a difficult childhood. Clearly you had to have one if you wanted to become famous.

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And the biggest reward was reaping the kind of life I deserved.

You never know what you can do," he says, "until you get it done.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.

Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

Here we are - despite the delays, the confusion, and the shadows en route - at last, or for the moment, where we always intended to be.

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments…

Julia London

All you need in life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure… MARK TWAIN