Quotes About Achievement

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But his only alternatives were to play for the possibility, however remote, that he could pull one of them off or else to simply surrender everything he'd spent the last forty-six T-months trying to achieve. He couldn't do that. Even running the very real risk of slipping back over into a brief, bloody clash with the Republic was better than that.

When it's all said and done, I want to be able to say I got the most out of my potential. I don't want to look back, however many years from now, and say, 'I wonder if I would have worked a little harder. I wonder if I would have done this or done that, how things would have turned out.' I want to, when it's all said and done, be able to put my head on my pillow and say, 'I did everything I could do — good or bad.

It's a good thing we don't know when we start out that when we arrive we haven't gone anyplace. What's wrong with success? Kelly asked, exasperated. You just walked out on the biggest hit show on Broadway, something you'd always wanted. Why did you leave? Because, Kelly, I said slowly, nothing, but nothing is half as good as you expect it to be.

I run because long after my footprints fade away, maybe I will have inspired a few to reject the easy path, hit the trails, put one foot in front of the other, and come to the same conclusion I did: I run because it always takes me where I want to go.

Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.

How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.

Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough.

We have killed our souls with comfort instead of seeking fulfillment and achievement.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

Sometimes, just trying was a triumph.

The process, not the final achievement, is what it's all about.

Nevertheless, an Olympic pool is an Olympic pool, touched by immortal glory.

Somos una nación de ingenieros que aspiran a ser reconocidos.

This is the magic formula – desire toward a goal, which spawns action toward that goal. Continuous desire is the fuel. Daily action is the fire. The word "continuous" is important, as is the word "goal." Without these two operative functions, desires are scattered, actions are unfocused, and not much happens. With them, anything is achievable.

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

The competition always stayed close on our heels, but we managed to keep innovating and improving our products.

Claire spoke often in her poetry of the idea of 'fittingness': that is, when your chosen pursuit and your ability to achieve it - no matter how small or insignificant both might be - are matched exactly, are fitting.

I can't rid myself of the need to do "something," to make "something," to feel that this new expanse of time hasn't been "wasted.

I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.

If you want fame or wealth or wolves, go out and hunt for them.

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Hard work makes for what I reckon you like in a man, but don't understand. As I look back over my life--an' let me say, young fellar, it's been a tough one--what I remember most an' feel best over are the hardest jobs I ever did, an' those that cost the most sweat an' blood. As

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.