Quotes About Achievement

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

It is not enough to do your best, you must know what to do, and then do your best.

In life the loser's score is always zero.

The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke.

My object all sublime I shall achieve in time...

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

Concentration is the act of focusing one's attention. As the mind is allowed to focus on a single object, it stills. As the mind is kept in the present, it becomes calm. Concentration means keeping the mind now and here. Concentration is the supreme art because no art can be achieved without it, while with it, anything can be achieved.

What they undertook to do They brought to pass; All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass.

The shadow of a mighty Negro past flits through the tale of Ethiopia the shadowy and of the Egypt the Sphinx. Throughout history, the powers of single blacks flash here and there like falling stars, and die sometimes before the world has rightly gauged their brightness.

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get

The Yankees lose so seldom, you have to celebrate every single time.

When I became successful as a model in the United States, I knew that my chance to be heard had come and so I took it.

I feel like I owe Juilliard everything... coming from Kentucky at age 17, having a school like that giving me a chance. And if you cant afford it, you can get a scholarship.

A chance, as a coach, to take a team to the World Cup finals is probably as high up the tree as it gets, certainly with one-day cricket.

If I hadn't been living here [in America], do you think we would have gotten a Grammy? No chance.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

If I'm selecting a group, the first thing I look for is a record of achievement . . . If (candidates achieve) in small things, there's a very good chance they'll perform well in big things.

Taking no chances means wasting your dreams.

Why race? The need to be tested, perhaps; the need to take risks; and the chance to be number one.

If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.

That was my dream, to drive for Ferrari, but I am not a kid any more. If Ferrari is the best team and if I get the chance to drive for Ferrari, it would be with pleasure.

If at first you do succeed don't take any more chances.

I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.