Quotes About Achievement

Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.

The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.

There is, however, hope for any person who wants to remain an individual. He can assert himself and refuse to conform. He'll be on his own, that's true, but while he will not have the security enjoyed by those who do conform, there will be no limits to what he may achieve.

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.

Little by little, one travels far.

When you see something technically sweet you go ahead and do it, and you argue about what to do about it, only after you have achieved success.

What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.

I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.

Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

That we have great men in our time and recent times is not because of our educational system, but rather in spite of it. They are the ones the teachers couldn't spoil.

Whatever betterment we have today was carved out of a world of stone by men of the hammer, not men of hope.

A thousand years ago, the great Kyrgyz poet Yusuf Khass Hajib (also known as Yusuf Balasaguni), wrote: "As long as you live, any wish can be realized. As long as you have wisdom, any goal can be attained.

In the end to add to the sum of human knowledge is the only thing a man can be truly proud of.

to ride well to hounds is simply a diversion. It leaves no record. But already, my dear Charlotte, you have created something, a legacy.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. —WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, AMERICAN POLITICIAN

we all have them. The difference is how we handle our challenges. To have less stress in your life - deal with your challenges!" Catherine Pulsifer "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.