Quotes About Achievement

No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.

Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.

Leadership is about empowering others to achieve things they did not think possible.

Some are born leaders, some achieve leadership, and some have leadership thrust upon them. Which of these are you, or would you rather not bother?

Leaders aren't born they are made.

If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.

Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

Leadership is the art of creating a working climate that inspires others to achieve extraordinary goals and levels of performance.

We wanted guys who had been productive in college, and we made it a point to pick performance over potential.

Get the winners into the game.

You can succeed beyond the past, but not beyond your belief

When human power becomes so great and original that we can account for it only as a kind of divine imagination, we call it genius

Successful people willingly do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

Results matter! They matter to your credibility.

The real test of leadership isn't where you start out. It's where you end up.

Be generous, be humble, and be grateful when achieving your dreams.

Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team.

Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.

Leadership is the dream made reality.

Leadership is all about getting results.

Your most memorable students are in your first classes and your last classes: make your last years the finest of your career.

Our leadership class's real accomplishment is résumé padding.