Quotes About Achievement

During his reign, which began in 1307 and lasted twenty-five years, he doubled the land area of Mali. Known as the khan of Africa, Musa governed an empire as large as all of Europe, second in size only to the territory at the time ruled by Genghis Khan in Asia.

I got a theory a person ought to do everything it's possible to do before he dies, and maybe die trying to do something that's really impossible.

An artist does things naturally, without effort. Some power guides his hand. A forger struggles, and if he succeeds, it is a genuine achievement.

I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.

Let Charles Schwab say it in his own words: "The way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

Happiness is not mostly pleasure; it is mostly victory.

The way to develop self-confidence, he said, is to do the thing you fear to do and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

In school you're rewarded for not making mistakes.

How do you think it affected his view of what he could achieve and his level of devotion to the success of his team?

This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.2

I told her how proud I was, now that she was growing up and had her very own job to do

The best things are the most difficult.

what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Despite what you've been told, you matter and you can accomplish something great.

today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

For Schwab's personality, his charm, his ability to make people like him, were almost wholly responsible for his extraordinary success; and one of the most delightful factors in his personality was his captivating smile.

The principle? Let Charles Schwab say it in his own words: "The way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

Se alguém avança de maneira confiante na direção de seus sonhos e se empenha em viver a vida que imaginou, encontrará nas horas comuns um sucesso inesperado.

This is when my business began to not only turn around; it began to take off.

15 per cent of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge and about 85 per cent is due to skill in human engineering

Don't give up so easily. Stay the course. Despite what you've been told, you matter and you can accomplish something great.

But there is one longing—almost as deep, almost as imperious, as the desire for food or sleep—which is seldom gratified. It is what Freud calls 'the desire to be great.' It is what Dewey calls the 'desire to be important.

have yet to find the person, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.

There is no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.