Quotes About Achievement

We experience hope when: We have the ability to set realistic goals (I know where I want to go). We are able to figure out how to achieve those goals, including the ability to stay flexible and develop alternative pathways (I know how to get there, I'm persistent, and I can tolerate disappointment and try new paths again and again).

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;…who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.

And just because someone failed to see the value in what we can create or achieve doesn't change its worth or ours.

While this experience may sound great, it was terrifying for me as a parent. What if I'm wrong? What if busy and exhausted is what it takes? What if she doesn't get to go to the college of her choice because she doesn't play the violin and speak Mandarin and French and she doesn't play six sports? What

Setting realistic goals is a skill and a prerequisite for hope.

Quick and dirty wins the race. Perfection is the enemy of done. Good enough is really effin' good. Nicholas

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

Nora is home in herself at last. She has won. And as Janet listens and watches, and knows that her work here is complete, she rejoices. This is what it's all about. This is the goal. This is the reward. They hold each other's eyes. No longer doctor and patient, but just two women, equals.

The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream

My definition of a hero is a man who tests himself by a series of ordeals, each more difficult than the last; he's not competing in the world at all, he's competing only against himself.

For the pharisee the emphasis is always on personal effort and achievement. The gospel of grace emphasizes the primacy of God's love. The pharisee savors impeccable conduct; the child delights in the relentless tenderness of God.

When Max Planck was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of quantum theory, he said, "Looking back over the long and labyrinthine path which finally led to the discovery, I am vividly reminded of Goethe's saying that men will always be making mistakes as long as they are striving after something.

We should remember the wise adage that goals (or commandments, in this case) are stars to guide us and not sticks with which to beat ourselves.

I think I have shown in my daily life that my feet are on the earth while the tips of my thoughts touch the stars.

You are killing me, fish...

Employees are not productive because they are satisfied; they are satisfied because they are productive. High satisfaction is the result of high performance, not the cause of it.

The pressure to get Toy Story 2 successfully made was not the high pressure of a single moment, like giving a speech or competing in a musical competition or sporting event. It was an intense, long-lasting pressure that wore people down. And it came immediately following the three-year grind of making of A Bug's Life, which was ten times as complex as the original Toy Story.

As a day well spent gives joyful sleep, so does a life well spent give joyful death. —Leonardo da Vinci

A successful man is always disliked by those who have the same ambitions but lack the talent.

Para la mayoría de las personas, la vida consiste en algo que no consiguen acabar.

We wonder if we serve better than someone else. We import a drive to achieve into our works of mercy.

If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill.

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.