Quotes About Achievement

The less you strain, the more you relax and let it happen, the more successful you will be. This will make more sense after the first three

Write a page a day and you'll have a complete novel in year.

A mind that is determined to succeed can never fail to achieve.

Always remember, every success story begins with a START. Anyone can desire but there are few who DESERVE.

Give your goals a deadline and everything will fall in place. Goal Setting is the key to achieve success in anything you do.

Success can't be achieved without a purpose. Success cannot come to you . You need to GO to it. SUCCESS comes to those who first seek guidance, to make a decision, to take the right action. Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. Success is a continuous process of improving what you do, everyday.

The moment you put a deadline on your dream, it becomes a goal.

And yet, winning is like a welcome drink going down your throat, like a beautiful embrace. It is brilliant while it lasts but it isn't forever. The high eventually melts away and the journey of life begins afresh. The truly remarkable among us visit these highs periodically; winning then becomes a journey, a graph where each point is crucial but is in reality merely part of a larger curve.

I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.

I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

If you're not guided by a clear sense of purpose, you're likely to fritter away your time and energy on obtaining the most tangible, short-term signs of achievement, not what's really important to you. And

I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years.

You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.

John Milton rose every day at 4 a.m. to write Paradise Lost. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire took Edward Gibbon 26 painstaking years to complete. Ernest Hemingway is said to have reviewed The Old Man and the Sea manuscript 80 times before submitting if for publication. It took Noah Webster 36 years to compile Webster's Dictionary.

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

I never make a movie for awards consideration. I will use the hope of getting an Academy Award a) to honor the people who work so hard and also b) it's the greatest Good Housekeeping seal in the world. It's the greatest brand. It's as good as Louis Vuitton and Dior in the world of moviemaking. It's the Super Bowl.

The mathematician has reached the highest rung on the ladder of human thought.

You may not have been born into success, but you were born to succeed.

And yet the most valuable things are attained with the least effort. But one does not realize their importance. One would rather have something which is attained with a great effort

Some grown-ups could be so inherently stupid. Try banning homework sometime. You might see those straight A's so many parents long for.

Sometimes when you are good at hard work, you give yourself too much of it. And with too much hard work in front of you, you might not also have the time and space to be truly brilliant.

I've won some pretty cool things in my life and I have a lot of great titles.

My name will be written in fiery letters on the Champs Elysees.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing. —Vince Lombardi