Quotes About Achievement

The key to living your dreams is to wake up.

Your standards in life will define the kind of life you end up living.

Every night before I sleep I congratulate myself for having cheated death one more day.

There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream. Persistence and perseverance is the key. I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.

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I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.

But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy.

It was a great mantel to be able to take on really, an amazing legacy. And you know to finally see it, because I just saw the final product yesterday as well, is really amazing to be part of something like this.

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort.

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

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In all the history of mankind, has any conqueror decided they had enough? Has any man just said, 'This is good. This is what I wanted,' and gone home?

To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.

You could not arrive at excellence by the average of these people. Excellence was an individual quest, not a group effort.

What's wrong with her?" "Chronic competence, I should guess. She's been so successful in life that she has unrealistic expectations of others.

Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone.

A person needed to experience real danger or they would never find joy in excelling. There had to be a risk of failure, the chance to die.

Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced.

Claim the stars, Spensa," he said.

You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone.

It's horribly unfair you managed that on your first try," Kaladin noted. "It took me forever.

Well done, Spin," Cobb said over a private line. "You have the passion. Now you're showing restraint.