Quotes About Achievement

Over the last month I had pulled a woman from a blazing inferno. I had called fire and lighting down on assassins and escaped to safety. I had even killed something that could have been either a dragon or a demon, depending on your point of view. But there in that room was the first time I actually felt like any sort of hero. If you are looking for a reason for the man I would eventually become, if you are looking for a beginning, look there.

He looked down at me. "Congratulations," he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mixture of awe and disbelief "Ever".

El orgullo herido puede alentar a un hombre a hacer cosas maravillosas

Excellence is excellence's only companion.

Fue una buena interpretación. Mi padre habría estado orgulloso de mí.

It was easy to understand why. Most students attend the University for several terms before being admitted to the Arcanum. Everyone here had to work their way up through the ranks the hard way. I hadn't.

Gané el único duelo que he perdido.

La excelencia es la única compañera de la excelencia.

First you set yourself to rights. And then your house. And then your corner of the sky. And after that . . .

rabia puede calentarte por la noche, y el orgullo herido puede alentar a un hombre a hacer cosas maravillosas.

You get things done. Not always the best way, or the most sensible way, but it gets done nonetheless.

It's a good sign when a student goes chasing the wind and catches it,

You get things done. Not always the best way, or the most sensible way, but it gets done nonetheless. You're a rare creature.

wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.

It is every man's job to improve himself. A man without the benefits of education is hardly more than an animal.

Als Schubert so alt war wie ich, da war er schon drei Jahre tot.

El sueño habría puesto en peligro el espíritu del éxito

But achievements differ in different men. It is not for me, unfortunately so, to build a solid house and live in it the kind of life that is lived in such houses. That is why' - and he began guzzling his wine - 'it is disturbing,' he said. 'Honest people can destroy most effectually such foundations as some of us have.

I recorded a song called, I Fall to Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called Crazy!

Learners who are successful may indeed be highly motivated. But can we conclude that they became successful because of their motivation? It is also plausible that early success heightened their motivation, or that both success and motivation are due to their special aptitude for language learning or the favourable context in which they were learning.

So if diva means giving your best, then yes, I guess I am a diva.

I imagined a lot of things. That I would shine. That I'd be good. I'd dwell bareheaded on a summit turning a wheel that would turn the earth undetected, amongst the clouds, I would have some influence; be of some avail.

I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.

Not all dreams need to be realized. That was what Fred used to say. We accomplished things that no one would ever know.