Quotes About Achievement

I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.

Iedereen wil dat wonderkinderen mislukken. Dat maakt onze eigen middelmatigheid beter te verdragen.

on a single dominant idea: that the purpose of strategy is to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.

Le donne che hanno cambiato il mondo non hanno mai sentito il bisogno di mostrare nulla se non la loro intelligenza

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.

Rita Williams-Garcia

Calculo, como si fuera informe de gobierno, que he publicado unos 60 mil dibujos en 60 años, y si contara todos los que he hecho, dibujo por dibujo, paso de los cien mil fácilmente.

Everybody loves and desires success, but they dislike and are envious of successful people.

Some people settle for what they're given instead of working hard for what they want.

Trust me, the harder you work the better luck you have.

We've all had that feeling after final exams were completed, and we whispered to ourselves, "thank God it's over." It's not over as you will learn in life you must keep moving forward to succeed. And if you don't, guess what; it's over.

How did I happen to become an explorer? It did not just happen, for my career has been a steady progress toward a definite goal since I was fifteen years of age.

Knowing what you want to do and then what you have to do to make it happen is one big difference between adult creativity and child's play.

I just want to do cool stuff.

I must have looked like she did: cut and bruised, covered in sand and dust and rubble. But still we both grinned. "You just killed a giant monster snake," Pan said. "We did," I replied.

So there I was, feeling like the luckiest girl on earth. To be buried alive in such a majestic coffin! MAJOR life goal achieved!!!!

So...the lesson here is, never succeed at anything, because it will only raise people's expectations of you

If I hold myself accountable, no obstacle is insurmountable.

My limits are of my own making, and are there for the breaking

See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? Well, I've always had fast cars. It's not that. It's the fear that you're past your best. It's the fear that the stuff you've done in the past is your best work.

The news was somewhere between an incredible accomplishment and a huge disaster.

If you do everything, you'll win

This day I looked forward to as one to help us out, worked every possible

Measure your life by improvements rather than mistakes.