Quotes About Achievement

You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel.

All the great heroes of your life have taught you nothing. And they are no better than you, in any way. Politicians, actors, athletes, rock-stars, your boss, therapist, teacher, spouse, or whoever, are just skillful at what they do—nothing more.

self-actualizers, who are dramatically

Michelangelo regarding this subject: "The greater danger is not that our hopes are too high and we fail to reach them, it's that they are too low, and we do.

Thoreau's that indicates if you follow your dreams, "You will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Think small. Change your notion of "thinking big" to "thinking small and getting big things done.

If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

Be a doer, not a wisher, hoper or critic.

La obra maestra más grande y gloriosa del hombre es cómo vivir con un propósito».

The greater danger is not that our hopes are too high and we fail to reach them, it's that they are too low, and we do.

Refuse to allow yourself to have low expectations about what you're capable of creating. As Michelangelo suggested, the greater danger is not that your hopes are too high and you fail to reach them; it's that they're too low and you do.

learned what sweating bullets means.

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one.

Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity.

Awards are merely badges of mediocrity.

The Kansas state motto, "Ad astra per aspera" - To the stars through difficulties.

No one ever attains success by simply doing what is required of him.

No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

If you've got a business—you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen. —Barack Obama, Roanoke, Va., July 13, 2012

Some people who grew up in troubled or dysfunctional families found it difficult to complete a task or a project or to make decisions. This is because they did not practice doing so with the guidance and support of an important other. By contrast, others from dysfunctional families may be high achievers in some areas, such as education or work, but are repeatedly unable to achieve in other areas, such as intimate relationships.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.