Quotes About Achievement

Nothing great is created in a flash.

it is no easy feat to hold onto your inner harmony while collecting accolades. When grasping for one, you are likely to drop the other.

First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do

If you worked hard, believed in what you did, and stayed the course, then success and recognition would follow.

What distinguishes the various members of the ideological family descended from humanism and the Enlightenment, liberal, socialist, communist, or anarchist, is not the gentle anarchy which is the utopia of all of them, but the methods of achieving it.

There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day; we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life.

The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor. (Eric Hoffer 1902-1983)

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

The self-confidence of even the consistently successful is never absolute. They are never sure that they know all the ingredients which go into the making of their success. The

growth comes only when you consciously push yourself onto foreign and uncomfortable-feeling sections of wall.

You must have a goal in life. We all should have goals. Or we are lost.

People who are accomplished at anything have learned that "perfect" is the enemy of the good.

There is a critical difference (Ryan observes) between saying, "I'm giving you this reward because I recognize the value of your work", and "You're getting this reward because you've lived up to my standards." The first does not demotivate; the second does.

into the air, but you could land the thing, and not only that, but you could change direction in the air! The whole sport of high-performance

I went for years not finishing anything because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.

La vie n'est ni un jeu ni un match, sinon il y aurait des gagnants.

Compiere un'azione notevole è meglio che essere notati».

Celem nie jest koniec drogi, tylko posuwanie siÄ™ naprzód. - WÅ'aÅ›nie. Nie chcÄ™ triumfowa?, chcÄ™ ?y?. - Jasne. Å»ycie nie jest ani grÄ…, ani meczem, bo gdyby tak byÅ'o, byliby tacy, co wygrali.

Fiecare pas oferea o victorie. Fiecare sforÅ£are anunÅ£a o înfrângere.

Celem nie jest koniec drogi, tylko posuwanie siÄ™ naprzód.

Te-mpaci cu eÅŸecul? — M?-mpac cu lupta neîncetat?. Dup? mine, victoria const? chiar în lupt?, nu în deznod?mântul ei. F?r? s?-mi uit scopul, renunÅ£ la iluzia de a câÅŸtiga.

Je ne veux pas triompher, je veux vivre.

Without effort and willingness to experience pain and anxiety, nobody grows, in fact nobody achieves anything worth achieving.