Quotes About Achievement

Opportunity knocks at every man's door once. On some men's door it hammers till it breaks down the door and then it goes in and wakes him up if he's asleep, and ever afterward it works for him as a night watchman.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Vigilance in watching opportunity; tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity; force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost possible achievement-these are the martial virtues which must command success.

The secret to success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Riding hard for glory.

I'd rather have written "Cheers" than anything I've written.

I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was on the bestseller list, I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend.

The world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open.

The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

Positive thoughts (joy, happiness, fulfillment, achievement, worthiness) have positive results (enthusiasm, calm, well-being, ease, energy, love). - Negative thoughts (judgment, unworthiness, mistrust, resentment, fear) produce negative results (tension, anxiety, alienation, anger, fatigue).

The "C" students run the world.

You know what they call the guy who finishes last in medical school? They call him Doctor!

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."

I only have to stop the puck, not beat it to death.

We fought hard. We gave it our best. We did what was right and we made a difference.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

You can do what you want to do, accomplish what you want to accomplish, attain any reasonable objective ... if you want it, if you will to do it, if you work to do it, over a sufficiently long period of time.

Nothing in the world can take place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful individuals with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Without perseverance talent is a barren bed.

As an entrepreneur, I am often asked how I kept my perseverance. Well, persevere comes from the Latin roots purse, as in "money," and sever, as in "cut off." That's why I persevered.

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.