Quotes About Achievement

A people who are united and determined about its aim create history.

We cannot travel the roads of success without ever crossing the streets of failures

I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.

Als je eenmaal van de bergtop omlaag hebt gekeken, is het moeilijk om tevreden in de vallei te blijven...

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

I am happy. I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve. I am happy.

Back in Russia we were dirt-poor. Here in the West we are still poor but have risen above the dirt to tower alongside stalks of grass!

Few things are impossible if you know what needs to be done,

Although in skating you compete with other people, anyone who achieves a certain level of success is first and foremost competing against themselves. And for me the idea that I could always do better, learn more, learn faster, is something that came from skating. But I carried that with me for the rest of my life.

Often an athlete will not see the true results of a significant investment in training for up to a year after the initial training stimulus.

To paraphrase Steve Jobs, "I'm always amazed how overnight successes take a helluva long time.

Goals without routines are wishes; routines without goals are aimless. The most successful business leaders have a clear vision and the disciplines (routines) to make it a reality.

That's why it is good to remind ourselves that in business and in life, the journey, not the destination, is the reward.

Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

I wanted to walk into the library on Fifth Avenue with the lions sitting outside and be able to look up my name in the card catalog. I wanted those walls to have just one book with my name on it.

I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.

Reflect on why you're here. What is your ultimate purpose in life? What do you want to be, do, and have? What do you want to accomplish? What do you want to experience? What possessions do you wish to acquire? What does success look like to you? Make a list of: 30 things you want to do; 30 things you want to have; and 30 things you want to be before you die.

Often the struggler has given up, When he might have captured the victor's cup. And he learned too late when the night came down, How close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar. So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit. And that's worth thinking about.

If you really know what you want out of life, it's amazing how opportunities will come to enable you to carry them out.

We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level.

No great man will ever succeed in life if they do not grind their teeth and take the most dangerous path for the attainment of an end.

Getting hurt physically, failing, persevering, and succeeding (despite overwhelming odds) are key factors in a male's growth toward manhood.