Quotes About Achievement

There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

The only thing you deserve is what you earn

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.

I'm not telling you it is going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

Every achiever that I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me'.

Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.

Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That's how they expand

There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

We do today what they won't, so tomorrow we accomplish what they can't.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.