Quotes About Achievement

I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita. How I have existed fills me with horror for I failed in everything. Spelling, arithmetic, writing, swimming, tennis, golf, dancing, singing, acting, wife, mistress, whore, friend, even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of not trying. I tried with all my heart.

I'm a good knitter, and I'm proud of it. I see no point in being modest about things you know you do well. It doesn't indicate humility so much as hypocrisy or lack of perception.

It's fun to take a pile of raw materials and make something out of them. The more demanding the work, the greater the satisfaction.

I've read a lot of first-rate writing, and I have some critical sense; so I know where I stand. I'll never be first rate. I'll improve with practice, I trust, but I haven't got what it takes to reach the top.

Well, I'm going to be a writer. And when I say that's a mountain, that's a mountain.

If money was no object and you could do whatever you wanted, what would it be? If you absolutely knew you could not fail, what would you do? If someone waved a magic wand and you could have whatever you want, what would it be? What are you passionate about? How do you want to feel? How can you love yourself more? What have you always wanted to do? What are your hobbies? What are your interests? Whom do you admire?

Make the rest of your life the best of your life

Every Experience is a Success.

I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own.

To remain conscious and continent was her new goal.

Some so weighty we carry them our whole lives. They can blight our very existence, or they can make us stronger. They can make us bitter or teach us compassion. They can drive us to do things we never thought ourselves capable of. Wonderful achievements, like becoming Chief Inspector and Commander. Or horrific things. Terrible dark deeds.

Her high school marks were mixed. She barely scraped by, though she did well, but erratically, in history, languages and literature." "She only did what interested her," said Lacoste. "Lazy?" "Looks like it. Or at least, not motivated.

He was far beyond his depth, in his sea of glory," said Gamache.

testament to a life well lived.

She who laughs last laughs the laughingest.

I've had the chance to do something that's worth my being alive.

The greatest human achievements have never been for profit.

I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for people, and ride bikes. I love my family. I love my home. I get to work with people I've admired my whole life. It's a pretty good life.

Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it.

In creating, the only hard thing's to begin; A grass-blade's no easier to make than an oak, If you've once found the way you've achieved the grand stroke.

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

Thinking nothing done while anything remained to be done.

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that.

When we start believing anything's possible, regrets turn into challenges, defeats into lessons learned, and heartache into magnanimity. It's all in our outlook—the lens through which we choose to view life. If we're not careful, we'll let disappointment or regret prevent us from celebrating what we have achieved.