Quotes About Achievement

Accomplishment is one part commitment, one part ability, one part persistence, and one part circumstance. Circumstance we cannot control. The rest we might.

Great achievements would be few and far between without gross overestimation of the advantages and pleasures to be expected from them.

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.

If you focus on success, you'll have stress. But if you pursue excellence, success will be guaranteed.

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.

As with any game, once you're in the game of life, you should play to win.

Cuando se le pregunta a la gente con mucho éxito cómo ha llegado a la cima, casi siempre está de acuerdo en dos cosas: ha tenido mucha suerte y estaba en el lugar adecuado en el momento oportuno. Pocos pueden explicar qué les llevó al lugar adecuado en el momento oportuno. Pero si consideramos la intuición como una habilidad real, es probable que a la gente con mucho éxito se le dé mejor «sentir» qué camino debe seguir.

Success achieved on the basis of struggle may bring good things to us, but the inner fulfillment we seek from these things will be lacking.

The need for security calls for a protector; achievement calls for a motivator; cooperation calls for a team builder; understanding calls for a nurturer; creativity calls for an innovator; moral values call for a transformer; spiritual fulfillment calls for a sage, or seer.

The success we want our children to achieve has to be defined in many nonmaterial ways as well. It should include the ability to love and have compassion, the capacity to feel joy and spread it to others, the security of knowing that one's life serves a purpose, and finally, a sense of connection to the creative power of the universe.

Any other way of living leads to strain and struggle. Success achieved on the basis of struggle may bring good things to us, but the inner fulfillment we seek from these things will be lacking.

When you dig a well, there is no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way.

If we make happiness our primary goal instead of our secondary goal, then we easily accomplish everything else we desire.

happiness is not a six-pack and a sport utility vehicle but what he calls "flow." It occurs "when a person's skills are fully involved in overcoming a challenge that is just about manageable" (Csikszentmihalyi 1997, 30).

After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?

Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer.

He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.

The game itself is bigger than the winning.

To jump over centuries in one step is impossible. Jump too high or far, you'll be way too late.

We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.

Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything.

For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'