Quotes About Achievement

The noblest works of human art and pride show that their makers were not satisfied.

For looking down the ladder of our deeds, The rounds seem slender: all past work appears Unto the doer faulty: the heart bleeds, And pale Regret comes weltering in tears, To think how poor our best has been, how vain, Beside the excellence we would attain.

Nagging questions remain Where is the line between making the most of one's potential and reaching for the unattainable Where is the line between education as a tool and education as a kind of magic The line is blurred and that is why when education fails, disillusionment is so bitter.

Alas, that the longest hill Must end in a vale; but still, Who climbs with toil, wheresoe'er Shall find wings there.

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

Men are born to succeed, not fail.

A gun gives you the body, not the bird.

Arthur Schopenhauer Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

Do the BEST with your Life for the REST of your Life!

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.

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

More difficult still, apparently, is the life of ever upward growth. Most men attempt it for a time, but growth is slow; and despair overtakes them while the goal is far away.

Whenever you attempt a good work you will find other men doing the same kind of work, and probably doing it better. Envy them not.

A scientist's accomplishments are equal to the integral of his ability integrated over the hours of his effort.

I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in the field of anthropology.

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't.

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.