Quotes About Achievement

there exists the medical term—John Henryism—for people exposed to stresses stemming from racism. They achieve themselves to death trying to dodge the buildup of erasure. Sherman James, the researcher who came up with the term, claimed the physiological costs were high. You hope by sitting in silence you are bucking the trend.

I had been told by a number of people that if you get half of what you want on your first album, you're doing really well. Pretty much every single thing they had was something that I liked. There were maybe one or two songs I didn't like, and they were taken off the album quickly.

I did get a degree in special education.

In order to really find happiness, you need to continue looking for opportunities that you believe are meaningful, in which you will be able to learn new things, to succeed, and be given more and more responsibility to shoulder.

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solved each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They kept going regardless of the obstacles they met.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

We realized that among us, among all the races, we had a staggering fund of knowledge and of techniques - that working together, by putting together all this knowledge and capability, we could arrive at something that would be far greater and more significant than any race, alone, could hope of accomplishing.

And also don't forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.

the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.

Success is a cloudy vision at the top of a steep hill and you have to make up your mind if you've got the energy and inclination to climb it.

The extra mile is a lot longer than the rest.

Five personalities were being selected to serve in a public office: a politician, a philanthropist, a doctor, a teacher and a farmer. The first four know their plans in life while the last one is living without many plans. The farmer won by election. It is because the farmer wants to do more than what others have already done.

The pinnacle of success does not depend solely on one's luck or perseverance. It is also the environment and the people around you that let you reach the summit.

100% is the perfect score for everything. If you make or go beyond perfection, it is something else.

Being nominated is more than just an accomplishment. Everyone sees your worth.

Greatness is always achieved by superiority, which can be represented by minority or inferiority.

People do not comply because they do not accede. But when they know they will succeed, that is the time they will concede.

One's first book, kiss, home run, is always the best.

There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

If I'd had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

Clint Richmond

Americans have an annoying habit of accomplishing what they set out to do.