Quotes About Achievement

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

It is by fighting the limitations, temptations, and failures of the world that we reach our highest possibilities.

For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the summit, I must zigzag it in my own way. I slip back many times, I fall, I stand still, I run against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better. I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel encouraged, I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon.

The day is ours, and what the day has shown.

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Nunca se debe gatear, cuando se tiene el impulso de volar (Never crawl when the impulse is to fly)

No pessimist discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new Haven to the Human Spirit.

My work was practice, practice, practice. Discouragement and weariness cast me down frequently; but the next moment the thought that I should soon be at home and show my loved ones what I had accomplished spurred me on, and I eagerly looked forward to their pleasure in my achievement.

Veli?anstvenost bogatstva ljudskoga iskustva izgubila bi svoju vrednost i užitak kada ne bi postojale neke prepreke koje moramo presko?iti. Trenutak osvajanja planine ne bi bio ni upola toliko prekrasan kada ne bi bilo onih mra?nih dolina koje smo prebrodili.

I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.

I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it was sort of dead people. It took me a long time - I think I was well into novel writing before I really thought, 'Actually, this is a valid pastime.'

I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon.

My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since.

Donald Trump is proud of the fact that he's never written an e-mail.

When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived.' Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.

Maybe it was because my resignation letter was well written, and this attracted the attention of the factory supervisor. They kept me on and gave me a promotion to head up my own newly created department.

Things like 'Lucky Man' were never written to even be a record, let alone a hit record.

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write.

As for being the best goalkeeper in the world, it's been written occasionally, but I'd never say it myself.

When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject.

My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment.

I've been very lucky. I've written for most of my idols and the contemporaries.

I have written to Cabinet Minister Venkaiah Naidu to add a stuntman category in the National Awards to appreciate the work they do.