Quotes About Achievement

Make today worth remembering.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success.

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.

Jump at the sun. You might not land on the sun, but at least you'll get off the ground.

You got de keys to de kingdom.

De man dat built things oughta boss it. Let colored folks build things too if dey wants to crow over somethin'.

De object wuz tuh git dere. So Ah got up on de high stool lak she told me, but Pheoby, Ah done nearly languished tuh death up dere.

I am striving desperately for a toe-hold on the world.

How could the recipient of two Guggenheims and the author of four novels, a dozen short stories, two musicals, two books on black mythology, dozens of essays, and a prizewinning autobiography virtually 'disappear' from her readership for three full decades?

The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and I didn't feel personally connected to the level of success I had with it - the success of sorts, I guess.

I'm about this shmoney.

I'm at peace with what I've been able to accomplish, not only domestically but abroad, and what I was able to do on the international level.

You look at someone like Jadon Sancho, he took the chance of going abroad to get more game time and now he's possibly up there with the top players, wingers, in the world.

At the end of my career I always wanted to look back and know that I had given it my absolute best.

The thing is, it's really hard to be the No. 1 absolute best in the world at something, no matter what you're doing.

Had I considered over the course of time the moments where maybe I was the first woman to do this or that, it would have scared the absolute daylights out of me.

Do I like being No. 1? Absolutely. Who doesn't?

Before it happened to me, I'd look at other people who had become really successful and think, 'What a dream. That must be absolutely everything they ever wanted.' When it does happen to you, you realize yes, it's incredible. But it also comes with a bit of a weird aftertaste.

Ive definitely got a sense of not being very good at stuff. Its sort of absurd because, you know, Ive done really quite well for myself, but I still really doubt myself. Its just the way I am.

You can still get results without abuse.

IQ is a very important predictor, not just of academic success, but of economic success.

I was spectacularly average at school, while my two brothers did really well academically. But my dad never said I didn't try hard enough. He knew I did my best.

It's hard academically for an ADD sufferer - but, doing something they love, they can be the most focused person of all.