Quotes About Achievement

every measure of talent brings with it nine measures of work.

Le mot impossible n'est pas français.

Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame.

Sirs, if it were not for that one red spot I would have conquered the world!!!

Champagne. In victory one deserves it, in defeat one needs it.

I see only the objective, the obstacles must give way.

On peut s'arrêter quand on monte, jamais quand on descend.

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, It can achieve.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

If I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history.

My most splendid campaign was that of March 20; not a single shot was fired.

In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.

The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory.

My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents [the road is open to the talented], without distinction of birth or fortune.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Conquests will come and go but Delambre 's work will endure.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible...