Quotes About Achievement

I had seen of Gus and the astronauts indicated that they had the "right stuff.

If you perfect your skills, you won't have to depend on breaks - someone will discover you. Breaks are tremendously overrated. Its not the breaks. The way to succeed in anything is to be good at it and to keep getting better.

Most people dont buy talent; they buy results.

It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.

You're not going to do this forever. There's a finite amount of time you're going to be doing this. Do this really, really well. And if you do this really, really well, everybody will see that, and they'll move you onto the next thing. And you do that well, and then you'll move.

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

Making Young Frankenstein was the happiest I'd ever been on a film.

Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom

Practicality is a great help when it comes to getting things achieved," Irene retorted. "If I were going on a heroic quest, I'd probably start off by making a list of things I'd need on the journey. Including some books to read during the dull bits.

Nothing went boom or splat. Irene was still alive and moving freely. She decided to call her mission a total success so far.

we're not just a name over the door we, are a result of what we do

It was down to me—not George Martin, not anyone else—to turn the Beatles' new vision into a reality.

One of the most important lessons about crossing the chasm is that the task ultimately requires achieving an unusual degree of company unity during the crossing period.

The birth of the 20th century was like a flaming sunrise. More was expected of the century than any other. So much had been achieved in the previous one that it seemed sensible to expect that henceforth the world's triumphs would far outweigh the disasters.

One lesson of history is that every gain has its potential loss. The highest human achievements carry the danger of pride, and pride can lead blindly to disaster, just as failure can fortify the determination and so lead slowly towards triumph.

For he that naught n' assaieth, naught n' acheveth.

Myn be the travaille, and thyn be the glorie!

The most important thing about having goals is having one.

Scientists have no more status than what other scientists award them through citations, talk invitations, and tenure. "Status" makes a misleadingly concrete-sounding

bring in the big bucks or perish.

To learn something, to master something, anything, is as sweet as first love.

I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.