Quotes About Achievement

The greatest victory a man can win is victory over himself.

Ambition is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and all lower achievement vain.

Man wasn't made to inherit Paradise without effort. Rather, he was made to conquer Paradise, after proving his worthiness of it.

Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty?one that everything afterward savors of anti?climax.

Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!

The lives of most men are patchwork quilts. Or at best one matching outfit with a closet and laundry bag full of incongruous accumulations. A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

The only reason men fail is because of broken focus

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

Anybody can be nobody; but it takes a man to be somebody.

A man of personality can formulate ideals, but only a man of character can achieve them.

The man who persists in knocking will succeed in entering.

It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.

Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence

I'm quite disappointed that I'm still the last man on the moon.

The black man continues on his way. He plods wearily no longer-he is striding freedom road with the knowledge that if he hasn't got the world in a jug, at least he has the stopper in his hand.

Man only honors what he conquers or defends.

You are to become a creator, not a competitor; you are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now.

Was putting a man on the moon actually easier than improving education in our public schools?

A self made man is a rarity and hated by the parasites that floated to fame thought their parents, relatives and contacts.