Quotes About Achievement

Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.

I have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a certain amount of zoom capability, to go a little bit higher and a little bit faster.

I had that hunger, that desire, to be successful and I wasn't going to let anything stand in my way.

If any of you have a desire to be mediocre, you will probably find that you have already achieved your ambition.

You must be able to see yourself, with your inner eye, already in possession of the good you desire.

What drives me? In every mission I'm on, the thing that drives me most is the desire to find my limits-and extend them.

The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

Combine your mental images with the emotion of desire to accelerate their realization.

If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved.

Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.

Desire of praise disposeth to laudable actions.

I don't have the desire to be the best standup in the UK but I do have the desire to be the best at everything else I do in terms of writing and acting.

What is ambition but desire of greatness? And what is greatness but extent of power?

There's a wall between you and what you want and you got to leap it.

I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.

The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.

Inherent in every intention and desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment.

Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire