Quotes About Achievement

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of you first.

Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Execution, when first published in 2002, was based on our observation that the discipline of getting things done was what differentiated companies that succeeded from those that just muddled through or failed.

Writing in 1959 – a decade and more after Independence – an Indian editor who was bitterly opposed to Nehru was constrained to recognize his two greatest achievements – the creation of a secular state and the granting of equal rights to Untouchables.

remarkable achievement', then went on to say that 'both Union and democracy are under increasing strain these days, with the future of both in doubt'.66 However, most Indians were by now comfortable with the diversity within. They could see what bound the varied religions, races and regions:

There is neither creation nor destruction, neither destiny nor free will, neither path nor achievement. This is the final truth.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Blame me not for my failures, for thats natural, but surely do for my achievements thats I rarely stumble upon with no motive whatsoever to achieve!

Whate?er the work a man performs, The most effective aid to its completion? The most prolific source of true success? Is energy, without despondency.

Simply put, the best revenge is to live an awesome life.

How many stopped-up men and women does it take to produce one Einstein? Ten? A thousand? A hundred thousand? ... So this is what Einstein meant when he looked me in the eye that day and said, I would be nothing without you. It was not success he saw written in my face. He saw, rather, that I would never accomplish anything at all.

In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

Old Demonology: '... And so forth. Not that success, for him, is sure, infallible But never has he been afraid to reach. His lesions are legion. But reaching is his rule.' - Gwendolyn Brooks

Our use of time is a critical factor in whether we will be successful or unsuccessful in the important areas of life. Successful people keep the main thing the main thing. They don't let their time fill up with busyness that keeps them from the important parts of their lives that really need attention.

Just like music, sports elevates us to new levels of achievment.

WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, the journey is the reward.

To find a self-made man, you need a very narrow field of view.

you have to be able to survive mistakes in order to learn, and you have to learn in order to create sustainable success