Quotes About Achievement

We worked steadily for five-and-twenty minutes, and did four potatoes.

Ambition is only vanity ennobled.

It was quick work. He came, he saw, I conquered!

partimmo a un'andatura che avrebbe fatto onore al più veloce degli schiacciasassi mai costruito

Melhor trabalhar e fracassar do que passar a vida dormindo.

The greatest minds never realise their ideals in any matter;

But I've won, she said. I'm dying further forward. I've helped advance the line.

Great achievement goes through, not around, discouragement. Is there a roadblock in my way, keeping me from something I want to achieve? Am I discouraged? I understand now that discouragement often precedes achievement. Instead of retreating from the roadblock or seeking a way around it, I will boldly punch a hole through it and continue toward my goal.

In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur...us to achieve great things.

Success is like a turtle climbing a mountain. Failure is water running downhill.

For practical purposes I will define Wu Shi or the Warrior Spirit as a dance between striving to win, yet not needing to win to be successful.

to test is great to win is better

Early on I learned, without anyone actually telling me, that in this world it is not enough just to be. You have to be something.

I saw someone running. That was all I needed. I could not walk if someone else was running. I broke loose from Uri. Others were running. It was a race! I didn't know where the finish line was, but I was determined to win. Many had shouted, stop! But no one had ever caught me. The street was getting more and more crowded as people poured into it. I streaked through the crowds. I passed other runners. I didn't care how many there were; I would beat them all. I laughed as I ran.

Mr. Kosinski won the National Book Award for Steps

You wanted that which you've won, but you'll never win that which you've wanted.

And thus the sewer is man's greatest achievement, Carlo, the disposal of shit the apex of all this inventing and fighting and copulating).

You had to write it, and he had to play it, and I'm just so grateful I got to see it.

Some famous person said, Success is 50 percent luck and 50 percent preparedness for that luck. I think that's a lot of it. It's being ready to take advantage of opportunities when they arise.

I refuse to be left behind in this world, so I need to catch up.

In the face of everything that seems to me unattainable, I marvel. Without a sense of marvel at things, without wonder, one can't create anything.

Other Bengalis gossiped about him and prayed their own children would not ruin their lives in the same way. And so he became what all parents feared, a blot, a failure, someone who was not contributing to the grand circle of accomplishments Bengali children were making across the country, as surgeons or attorneys or scientists, or writing articles for the front page of The New York Times.

To never aspire to excellence means to never fully comprehend the amount of work required to achieve it.

Few persons realize how much of their happiness, such as it is, is dependent upon their work.