Quotes About Achievement

Dux femina facti The leader of the enterprise a woman. Virgil

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good.

I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.

For millions of men and women, "I didn't mess that up too badly" is as good as sex gets.

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead.

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

Success doesn't come to you...you go to it.

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

If I have played my part well, then give me applause.

We can take no credit for our gifts. It's what we do with them that matters.

The artist who cannot conquer difficulties is not going to be much of a success.

The miraculous is the least one must aim at.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

Today--the partial result, the pain; Tomorrow--fruition, the perfect part.

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.

Love and desire are the spirits wings to great deeds.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

You can't leave footprints in the sands of time if you're sitting on your butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time?

Remember, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

There is much satisfaction in work well done, but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

It is not empathy I seek. I found what I was looking for... envy me!

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best you will very often get it.