Quotes About Achievement

If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for doing something good - having talent.

Justin Timberlake puts you to shame, having that much talent.

I am blessed with a reasonable athletic talent and was an athlete in school.

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

I love performing, rapping; I love people recognizing my talent.

To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top.

One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance.

I have friends that are super talented, that are far more talented than I am in certain areas, but it just doesn't happen for them. Sometimes you feel guilty for your success because you know people who deserve it way more.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

The population of the U.S. is nearly 300 million, including many of the best educated, most talented, most resourceful, humane people on earth. By almost any measure of civilised attainment, from Nobel prize-counts on down, the U.S. leads the world by miles.

I believe success is achieved by acquiring and developing talented, respected, and credible individuals, none of which applies to Skip Bayless.

If you're talented and hardworking, great - good for you. You're gonna make it; you're gonna go places. But if you're talented and don't have the work element behind it, the guy that works harder is going to eventually outpace you and outrun you.

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake. For me, it would be more than an honor to work with these talented musicians.

I guess I feel like it's a gift to meet those talented artists like George Lucas and Oliver Stone, Spike Lee and Richard Kelly. Even if it's a small role, it's a gift to be working that closely with them.

I'm as talented as they come. I would have success in any era.

I think there are a lot of other actors that are just talented, it's just about this opportunity - it's just about when are we going to be put in those positions where we can shine.

It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.

But I'm also talented and I know when I created something great and Perfect Night is something great, no doubt, no but.

Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.

I think if you are a talented person, your story makes you a bigger star rather than the art.

As a Nepali, I hope my climbs put a spotlight on the talented climbers here.