Quotes About Achievement

Nobody ever asks who was the seventh person on the Moon. The only thing they know is who's number one and who's number two. Does anybody know who the last man was?

It should be the historian's business not to belittle but to illuminate the greatness of man's spirit.

Undoubtedly, Patsy Cline was a trailblazer and in that respect, all women who are singular in a man's field have a special power.

The pursuit of excellence is the proper vocation of man.

Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by thanking his rank for his talent.

No matter how skillfully a man play the game of life, there is but one test of his ability--did he win?

Whatever a man imagines he can attain, if he doesn't become too arrogant and encroach on the rights of the gods.

I enjoy looking at your face... Whenever I look at your face, a question always comes to my mind... Will man ever succeed in reaching the moon?

The man who has done his best has done everything. The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

I am sure that few successful men are so-called 'natural geniuses.'

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.

Beware, for as you sleep, the exhausted man will be first to reach the peak.

Men, who achieve much, die as do those who achieve nothing.

In every trade save war men of talent and vigor prosper. In war they die.

I love beating the men. When I beat 'em in the ratings, when I beat 'em in the salary, I always say, 'One more for the girls.

You know how a person is made for something? Eminem is made for hip-hop. The best rapper is a white man.

I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.

If there's one great thing I think that's happened over the years, it's that women are being accepted into a man's world in all different areas, whether it's flying an airplane or driving a race car.

I want to be the man. I want to do what it takes to win.

Your men are brave men, And you have won. I can live with that, Earl of Bronze a poor man would I be if I could not.

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

I think when the United States of America put a man on the moon in 1969, that was one of the greatest accomplishments mankind has ever done.

Man's worst tragedy in life is his failure to reach his greatest potential

Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.