Quotes About Achievement

The office of the Vice-President is a greater honor than I ever dreamed of attaining.

You're constantly trying to prove yourself, even after you've made it.

Success doesn't just come to lucky people or those perceived to be lucky, rather success comes to those who are more persistent than most others.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

And what happens when we do better? Does the doubt go away? Of course not; we just doubt things on an entirely new level. So we keep trying. And the bigger the doubts, the harder we try.

If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight." William James

Progress is building something lasting for future.

Certificates from top US universities adorned the walls like tiger head in a hunter's home.

Because knowledge is not for showing off. If I do good work, people should notice me.

Marble flooring is to a Punjabi what a foreign degree is to a Tamilian

Most people who own colleges in India haven't. Stupid people go to college. Smart people own them

Why do people tell girls all this? You ask them to achieve things, but when they do, you can't handle it.

None of the recent technologies that have changed the world and created wealth—telecom, computers, aviation—have come out of India. Yet

Chetan Bhagat

I observed all the students at IIT. They came from all parts of India, toppers in their respective schools. Few had come there to research science or learn about technology. Most had come to achieve their middle-class dream—a better life. And that is what the IITs promised them.

However, Americans have created a system in which wealth is created with hard work, innovation, talent and enterprise. People who display these qualities move up in life.

everyone has a right to prosper and succeed through hard work, innovation and excellence. We

Chetan Bhagat

God gives talent so that the ordinary person can become extraordinary. Talent is the only way the poor can become rich. Otherwise, in this world the rich would remain rich and the poor would remain poor. This unfair talent actually creates a balance, helps to make the world fair

And tell me, who will be more successful in life? The kid who knows all the chemical formulae or the one who knows teamwork, passion, discipline and focus?

I made about 28 movies, and I think about five of them were good.

Don't look for excuses to lose. Look for excuses to win.

Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.