Quotes About Achievement

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.

Isn't it too bad Walt Disney didn't live to see this?" "He did see it," Vance replied simply. "That's why it's here.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

You boys have saddled your bronc, now let's see if you can ride him

What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud.

You have only one life, make the most of it

Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. you'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it.

Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away. The way to do it is small steps, you will take hold of life. You will get there in the end.

So, execution is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions of the future.

E xecution—getting the task done, making it happen—is the most unappreciated skill of an effective business leader.

envisioning System/360 was one thing. Making it a reality required the equivalent of a man-on-the-moon program. It cost nearly as much. Tom Watson's memoir noted that the investment required—$5 billion (that's 1960s dollars!)—was larger than what the Manhattan Project cost.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

The great lesson of my life is perseverance. Never give up. It's like my brother said, "Isn't one minute of pain worth a lifetime of glory?

The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly.

Isn't one minute of pain worth a lifetime of glory?

Positive self-esteem must be preceded by self-respect. To get self-respect you have to do something good.

One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory

By the way, I didn't win the 5000-meter race at the Olympics, but making the team and not winning is like going to the moon and stumbling over a rock and falling. So what? You're still on the moon.

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!

Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.

Hurrah! My story was accepted; and Lowell asked if it was not a translation from the German, it was so unlike most tales. I felt much set up, and my fifty dollars will be very happy money.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.