Quotes About Achievement

I am glad that we endured all those discomforts and inconveniences... It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for one's self.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Do not be satisfied with second-hand or third-hand things in life. Do not be satisfied until you have put yourselves into that atmosphere where you can seize and hold on to the very highest and most beautiful things that can be got out of life.

they are glad that we started as we did, and built ourselves up year by year, by a slow and natural process of growth.

He aprendido que el exito, no se mide tanto por la posicion que uno ha alcanzado en la vida, como por los obstaculos, que se han tenido que superar en el esfuerzo por el triunfo.

The idea, however, was too prevalent that, as soon as one secured a little education, in some unexplainable way he would be free from most of the hardships of the world, and, at any rate, could live without manual labour.

Success isn't measured by the position you reach in life; it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Booth Tarkington

They were middle-aged men who had grown soft with success and harder because of it,

An ambition to excel in petty things obstructs the progress to nobler aims.

We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all of us, that what we have done is little compared with what we might have accomplished, or may hereafter effect.

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.

Grasp the simplicity and power of no excuses and you have guaranteed success.

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

It could be that the hope was in the adventure, the honor in the pursuit, the pride in the doing.

Financial coaches help clients create the future they want. Coaching includes practical considerations in the present and an exploration of the past experiences that may hinder or help clients in setting and achieving their goals.

Perfection is not given to any man. But an aspiration to perfection—to the highest possible standards in every aspect of life—is possible.

A man is not made chivalrous by an extensive education. A college degree and advanced academic achievement are as often impediments to chivalry as they are inducements to it.

On Success & Failure: If you haven't failed, you haven't tried hard enough. Success in obtaining anything worth any value requires a long chain of failures. Otherwise everyone would have it.

Quotes About The Impossible: â–ºWho defines what is impossible? No one. Impossible is simply the set of things that we have not YET achieved. â–ºEvery record ever broken and every formerly ''impossible'' journey began with one person, taking one step forward and acting on their dream. Hear, then, ''impossible feat'' (feet) as the ultimate oxymoron. *Quotations by Brad Mittman MD

Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.

Nothing like a 200 pound snatch if you know what I mean.

What we do is hard. This is not where people go to retire.

Para mim, a Amazon é a história de um fundador brilhante que promoveu pessoalmente a concretização de sua visão", diz Eric Schmidt, presidente executivo do Google,