Quotes About Achievement

We climb mountains because the valleys are full of cemeteries. The secret of survival is to climb, even in the dark, even when the climb seems pointless. The climb, not the summit, is the thing. And the great don't just climb mountains, they carve them as they go. Korczak

You don't have to be smart to get good grades, you just have to do what they tell you

The success is more determined by imagination then circumstance

Sometimes life drives you to do entirely new things, things you never believed you could do.

Richard Phillips

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

The world champion rider in any event was at one time a beginner

I had a dream about you. We were in the gold room where everyone finally gets what they want.

Watson Doesn't Know It Won on "Jeopardy!

In 2010, half of Asian Americans 25 years old or older held bachelor's degrees, compared with 28 percent of the White population (Bureau of the Census 2011a).

We toil after goals, most of them—indeed every single one of them—of transitory significance and, having gained one of them, we immediately set forth for the next, as if that one had never been, with this next one being essentially more of the same. Look at a busy street any day, and observe the throng going hither and thither. To what? Some office or shop, where the same things will be done today as were done yesterday, and are done now so they may be repeated tomorrow…

IF YOU DON'T PLAN YOUR PLAN, IT WILL REMAIN A DREAM

If you give someone glowing praise for every little achievement, you've devalued the currency.

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.

The two mistakes of indolence and distraction must be combated by quiet work that is carried on daily without interruption; then success will certainly be achieved.

Genuine modesty sets one to creating order and inspires one to begin by disciplining one's own ego and one's immediate circle. Only through having the courage to marshal one's armies against oneself, will something forceful really be achieved.

praising effort encourages people to stretch themselves, work hard, and persist in the face of difficulties.

If you haven't written a novel by the time you're forty you never will!

Aveva vinto, ma non si sentiva vincitore. Era riuscito a raddrizzare il corso della propria esistenza, ma si sentiva più che mai vittima dell'indifferenza del mondo. Non sembrava giusto.

He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.

It takes a lot of tries before you hit perfection. Except for my parents. They got it on the first try.

Ah, my daughter,? he said. ?Eighteen, and already you?ve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see.? He paused. ?I couldn?t be prouder.