Quotes About Achievement

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Art, he proclaimed, is the process of actually sitting down and doing it. Not talking about doing it, not thinking or fantasizing about doing it, just doing it. Only after the work has been completed and exposed to public view will it be considered a work of "art" or not. If you think you're "an artist" just waiting for that one moment of inspiration to sit down and write, you'll be waiting forever.

You have to maximize every single day and do everything you can to reach your fullest potential,

Otro atributo importante que comparten los superjefes es la competitividad. Cuando nos fijamos en los superjefes, sentimos su sangre competitiva corriendo por sus venas. Ellos prosperan en ella, la buscan y la crean.

The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with.

What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set for you. The grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of disappointing those who believe in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare. And it is desperately unfair to the boy. He cannot live his parents' life over again for them. He cannot make up for their own lacks, their own unfulfillments. He cannot carry their torch -- only his own.

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

The man is really looking for self-esteem, and he seeks to find it by winning the esteem of others. In our society, the fastest and surest way to do this is by amassing a great deal of money. So the money becomes a substitute, a symbol, for the esteem.

Success is just a little more effort.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

Partial Quote; "A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage". Full Quote; "A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort".

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

classic female mistake. I thought that it was all about doing my job extraordinarily well. If I put my head down and worked as hard as I knew how, my value to the organization would be self-evident, and, of course, I would be recognized and promoted.

Coping with competition requires understanding that winning and losing are always temporary occurrences. Children who learn to lose without being devastated and use failure experiences to grow will begin to achieve in the classroom and in society.

In 1958, Fortune singled Nash out for his achievements in game theory, algebraic geometry, and nonlinear theory

The surest path to positive self-esteem is to succeed at something which one perceived would be difficult. Each time we steal a student's struggle by insisting they do work too easy for them, we steal their opportunity to have an esteem-building experience.

Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.

If you shoot for the stars, you'll at least hit the moon

Keep your eye on the goal, keep moving toward your target.

Your field of focus determines what you find in life.

Your income can grow only to the extent that you do.

It's simple. Your field of focus determines what you find in life.