Quotes About Achievement

It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.

I'm not a child star, but you could say that I've grown up on TV. I went from being an unknown, down-and-out comic from Brooklyn and the Bronx to being a regular character on a major network comedy called 'Martin.' From there I went on to become the most notable black comic on 'Saturday Night Live' since Eddie Murphy.

Joy Division finished the 1970s on a high. Our debut album, 'Unknown Pleasures,' was doing well; we'd just finished a hugely enjoyable and successful tour. The band's profile was higher than it had ever been, and it seemed to be growing by the day.

In 1997, I was an unknown struggler; In 2018, I am a well-known beginner.

I have been nominated five times for the Filmfare Award but for some unknown reasons I failed to win the award even once.

'The Man Who Can Fly' captures my quest for true human flight. This pursuit of the unknown and following dreams that may or may not be attained are the most important principles we portray in the National Geographic Special.

Unless you are aggressive, you will never become number one.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.

With all the... success that I've been lucky enough to get? That doesn't happen unless the home life is solid.

I don't have any feeling of accomplishment about anything unless there's a lot of risk to it.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.

I have now established myself in a most enviable manner. Those who require something of me must seek me out - I remain apart. I work for no one unless he is a high-ranking personality or a friend.

My father instilled in me an attitude that you couldn't really enjoy yourself unless you had done something to deserve it. So, my childhood was spent working on farms or local shops or, when I got older, in banks.

Like, in high school, I was a good student and got straight As. It was very strict and you couldn't do well there unless you studied very hard, but every time there was any trouble, I was the first person they would be talking to.

Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.

I have always felt that Judit was a relatively slow starter, though she is extremely motivated, diligent, hard-working, and disciplined towards her goals in chess and in life.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure

Whatever women do in life, they must do it twice as good as men in order to be considered as half as qualified. Fortunately, that's not very difficult.

A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot.

I was very aware that I was a woman and that the Iditarod was a big thing for women, but I didn't want to be given any special treatment. I just wanted to be viewed as a musher.

The leader of the deed was a woman. -Dux femina facti

You can have it all, just not all at the same time.