Quotes About Achievement

If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.

Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

Great leadership is not attained by pursuing greatness but by persevering through great tests.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

Leadership is defined by results not attributes.

He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

A real leader has the ability to motivate others to their highest level of achievement; then gives them the opportunity and the freedom to grow.

If wanting to win is a fault, as some of my critics seem to insist, then I plead guilty. I like to win. I know no other way. It's in my blood.

Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.

If you want to be the best, find out what the top people do & do it yourself.

Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good.

Next to doing a good job yourself, the greatest joy is having someone else do a first class job under your direction.

Leadership is knowing what you want and making it happen.

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.

Leaders know that the fruit of life is out on a limb.

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.