Quotes About Achievement

It is so small a thing, the life of a man, and yet there is time to do great things, fragments of a common task.

I definitely had a top-notch education.

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work it's about not having enough money.

People who do good work often think that whatever they're working on is no good. Others see what they've done and think it's wonderful, but the creator sees nothing but flaws. This pattern is no coincidence: worry made the work good.

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception.

The lives of Einstein and Schrödinger inform is that even the most brilliant scientists are human

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.

There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience.

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile goals.

Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving ìsingleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.

Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort.

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined.

Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. Confidence is important, determination is vital, certain personality traits contribute to success, but they all come into focus in goal setting.

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.

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Okay, so I'm not Yale Law Review, but I'm proud of my diploma. University of Miami. Night division. Top half of the bottom third of my class.

I believe anybody with guts and brains who's willing to work hard can make it.

Referring to his success in engineering the appointment

We tear ourselves inside out for something the world may love, then base our worth on that.

It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired.' [After winning his first Oscar after so many losses]

You can get straight As in marketing and still flunk ordinary life. —NEWMAN TO LEE IACOCCA AFTER IACOCCA'S PINTO CAUGHT FIRE