Quotes About Achievement

But 'tis common proof, that lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; but when he once attains the upmost round, he then turns his back, looks in the clouds, scorning the vase defrees by which he did ascend.

I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basalisks; I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Decieve more slily that Ulysses could, And like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages And set the murderous Machiavel to school. Can I do this, and cannot get a crown? Tut! were it further off, I'll pluck it down.

You are an alchemist; make gold of that.

Give thanks for what you are today and go on fighting for what you gone be tomorrow

How far your eyes may pierce I cannot tell. Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

She will outstrip all praise and make it halt behind her.

To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus...

Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. Would 'twere done.

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Wilt thou reach stars because they shine on thee?

A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers.

The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.

All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem (25) To have thee crowned withal.

Why, 'Some are born great, some achieve great-   ness, and some have greatness thrown upon them.

too light winning Make the prize light.

he hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age; doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion:

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.

Writing for me is the hardest thing in the world, but also a thing which, once completed, is the most satisfying. ... I am no prodigy but, Fate willing, I think I can produce art.

Such was the vainglory of a black boy who may have been alone among his race in bondage to have actually read pages from Sir Walter Scott and who knew the product of nine multiplied by nine, the name of the President of the United States, the existence of the continent of Asia, the capital of the state of New Jersey, and could spell words like Deuteronomy, Revelation, Nehemiah, Chesapeake, Southampton, and Shenandoah.

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started every day.

people have already wanted me to work

If it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it

Las personas que triunfan a largo plazo son aquellas que tienen una actitud positiva y que han creado una reputación de excelencia

La diferencia entre una persona exitosa y los demás no la hace ni la fuerza ni el conocimiento, más bien la hace la voluntad de ganar. —Vince Lombardi