Quotes About Achievement

Lucien was exultant over his design, brimming with pride as if he'd just won the Prix de Rome. Delighted with his own ingenuity, he experienced the same sense of exhilaration that had swept over him at the rue Galilée.

He loved seeing his buildings get built. That was the most wonderful thing about being an architect—to see your drawings become real, three-dimensional objects that you could walk around and touch. All architects were impatient to see their buildings completed.

But just as an actor needed a breakout role to become a star, an architect needed a career-making project. And

You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us.

Well we got 'em, it was a pretty good plan. Could say it was the greatest pla-

You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.

It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.

Believe it or not, it's a question of honesty," he said. "If a person is clear about what they want to achieve, if they set about achieving that goal objectively and with precision, more often than not they will succeed.

Talented people want recognition and respect for their skills and their achievements even more than they want money. They need and appreciate acceptance and respect.

There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them.

The price of tuition for Self University is desire. Your degree is a better life.

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

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

a seed and a glove, symbol of his action and his work. (une graine et un gant, symbole de son action et son travail.)"

Because to prepare is to win, they said to each other. And they made a banquet in this honor. (Car préparer, c'est déjà gagner, se dirent-ils. Et ils firent un banquet en cet honneur.)"

Collecting stones does not make fruits. (Des pierres - Cueillir - N'en fait - Des fruits)

Everyone can get the gold of the Sun. (Tout le monde cueille l'or du soleil)

No statue for the vanquished. (Pas de statue Pour les vaincus)

To pluck the fruit of hope, we must be as high as him. (Pour cueillir de l'espoir le fruit, Il faut être aussi haut que lui)