Quotes About Achievement

I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, and I'm happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it.

To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.

Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations.

I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible. . . .

A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.

It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in having no goal to reach.