Quotes About Achievement

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.

Ambition, while there was nothing wrong with it, was still a far cry from power. Ambition got you out of bed to make money. Power meant you could make money without ever leaving bed.

No road is paved with gold unless you make it your own treasure.

Nothing can rival the incredible rush the act of creation brings. Of crafting something you know is destined to be great for all time.

It means you got your glow on." He smiled, hovering right alongside me. "It means you're on your way.

But while her world was soft and comfortable, offering everything I could ever want, it all came too easy. There was something to be said for patience and hard work.

Our cause is much greater. And now,with you on board, it won't be long before we rule the Middleworld, the Lowerworld, and ultimately the Upperworld too. My dad's really gonna be proud of me then." His eyes blaze at the idea,proving once again,he's a psychopath.

no es necesario nacer en la buena vida para llegar a tener una.

L'un des maux de cette époque est que l'on ne peut plus demander aux gens ce qu'ils font. Cette question jadis innocente entraîne aujourd'hui un malaise trop profond. Le chômage y est pour beaucoup. Je trouve cela dommage. Si quelqu'un me disait très simplement qu'il ne faisait rien dans la vie, j'aurais pour lui de l'admiration. Il est magnifique de ne rien faire. Si peu de gens en sont capables.

Les voies qui mènent à Dieu sont impénétrables. Plus impénétrables encore sont celles qui mènent au succès. Il y eut, suite à cet incident, une véritable ruée sur les oeuvres de Prétextat Tach. Dix ans plus tard, il était un classique. Fin du roman.

Work hard and party harder...

Sometimes, when we play against weaker teams, everyone says, 'Oh, you won because you played weaker teams.'

My friends like to remind me that I have relatively weak fingers. Aerobic strength and general endurance have come easy, but finger strength has always been my biggest weakness.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

One of my weaknesses is impatience. I just have this aching need to get great things done. Can't stand slow change.

It's all about the hard work, knowing your strengths and weaknesses. You work on what you know you can do best. I have speed.

How any person decides to emphasize strengths and mitigate weaknesses is something people have to figure out for themselves. I'm wary of the self-help literature that suggests there are certain rules. I'm very happy for people to look at my story and say it's possible to achieve many things.

Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it.

I never had any friends beyond a certain superficial level. We hate to admit weaknesses. We were raised to want to get ahead, to be good and clever and successful. You're just ashamed to open up.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

I could pull my living in and live OK, but I don't want to live OK. I'm very happy to live in my penthouse, very happy I can pick up a check, very happy to have a great life and be able to spread my wealth a little bit.