Quotes About Achievement

It is a good lesson--though it may often be a hard one--for a man who has dreamed of literary fame, and of making for himself a rank among the world's dignitaries by such means, to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are recognized and to find how utterly devoid of significance, beyond that circle, is all that he achieves, and all that he aims at.

And as for Owen Warland, he looked placidly at what seemed the ruin of his life's labor, and which was yet no ruin. He had caught a far other butterfly than this. When the artist rose high enough to achieve the beautiful, the symbol by which he made it perceptible to mortal senses became of little value in his eyes while his spirit possessed itself in the enjoyment of the reality.

But, to tell you my private mind, Signor Giovanni, he should receive little credit for such instances of success - they being probably the work of chance - but should be held strictly accountable for his failures, which may justly be considered his own work.

Soon after, Tom, all of twenty years old, became the only soldier in the Civil War to win two Medals of Honor. In

then it was on to Boston and a big parade. "Finding this ceremony was not to be avoided though I had made every effort to do it," Washington recorded in his diary

He had passed beyond the afflictions of this world. Walt Disney had at last attained perfection.

There's ordinary people out there doing extraordinary things.

Walls don't fall without effort.

Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

Small victories are bet­ter than none.

Important work," Jeri quipped, "often loses the spotlight to self-important people.

Second place meant first loser.

Suddenly, Tara's accomplishment was clear. She had lined up allies among the school's various groups and got them all to work together for probably the first time in the school's history. She was like a master builder who could bend materials like stone and steel and clay to her will... except her materials were flesh and spirit.

Wasn't that the greatest perk of a perfect world? That there were no limits to what a person could do or become?

You may not be first, you may not be last, but you will cross the finish line.

Keep your eyes on the prize, although I think he should have also said Go after the prize, too; and maybe that's why prizes ever came his way, because all he ever did was look at them.

No puedes dejar tu huella sin cribar unos cuantos egos por el camino

And so, I have no one but myself to blame when the scythedom befouls the things I have worked for.

Although we all have what we need, we're still allowed to strive for the things we want.

En matière de survie, il n'y a pas de seconde ou de troisième place qui tienne. C'est la médaille d'or ou la tombe. — Kelton

2042 is the year we conquered death, and also the year we stopped counting. Sure, we still numbered years for a few more decades, but at the moment of the immortality, passing time ceased to matter.

She could beat him at everything. Even at losing.

And he knows it's not just a threat-he'll do it. Today, he'll hit a grand slam if he has to.

Tyger Salazar was going places! After a life of wasting time and taking up space, he was now professionally paid to waste time and take up space!