Quotes About Achievement

excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.

I just have this thing inside me that wants to eat and conquer. Maybe it's egotistical, but I have it in me. I don't want to be a tycoon. I just want to conquer people and their souls.

Be larger than your task.

I think people are afraid of either failing or succeeding. It takes courage to feel the fear and feel the risk.

We worried about competitors, but it was an unreasonable fear. As a friend once pointed out, most gunshot wounds are self-inflicted.

In the achievement of greater performances, of beating formidable rivals, the athlete defeats fear and conquers himself.

The greatest stimulator of my running career was fear.

Still humping the American Dream

I can quit boxing now and practically go into any kind of business and I'll be successful just as well as I was in boxing.

The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end.

Is your fear of failure greater than your desire to succeed?

To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better.

It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!

Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.

I fear insignificance more than I fear failure.

If you think or fear too much, you can't get far!

In Hollywood, if you have any success, you have this fear: What do you have to do to hang onto it?

Sometimes fear comes, not before the battle or even in the midst of the battle, but after we have won the victory.

It is the conquest of this fear that adds half the charm to climbing.

We will understand the depth of our vision when at some point we are finally faced with the price we must pay to achieve it. And when the price comes calling, most visions end up falling.

Life is not about what you couldn't do so far. Its about what you still can.

Don't ever limit yourself in what you can do in life, because everyday there is a challenge ahead, just so we can beat it and go towards our maximum potential.

Don't let your heredity dictate your destiny. From where you are, take a leap of faith and pray. God has wonderful plans for you; He will make a way for you. With God, you can achieve all the desires of your heart.

Failure is necessary in life. If you cannot fail, you cannot succeed.