Quotes About Achievement

The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.

Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other

In your temporary failure there is no evidence that you may not yet be a better scholar, and a more successful man in the great struggle of life, than many others, who have entered college more easily.

If we magnified our successes as much as we magnify our disappointments, we'd all be much happier

With the catching end the pleasures of the chase.

I would just as soon die now, but I haven't done anything yet to be remembered by

if we never try, we shall never succeed.

October} 13th [1862] (To McClellan) ...if we never try, we shall never succeed.

No man who is resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

For those who wish to consider [...] that it may be necessary to expend a great deal of time and effort to reach a goal that is not only intangible but also not gratifying in the sense of providing ultimate tranquility, I respectfully submit this book.

Make something beautiful of your life.

She died chasing greatness and never saw it each time it was in her hand, so she kept seeking it elsewhere, but never understood the work required to get it or to keep it.

Few things are as potentially difficult, frustrating, or frightening as genuine learning, yet nothing is so rewarding and empowering.

Men are much more likely to discover easier and readier methods of attaining any object, when the whole attention of their minds is directed towards that single object, than when it is dissipated among a great variety of things.

The passion and excitement you feel about a child's achievement should be saved for a moment when just the two of you are together. It's too much for the other siblings to have to listen to.

First, you must believe that you can do anything you set your mind to. Remember the old adage: genius is ten percent inspiration, ninety percent perspiration.

Four days before the declaration of World War II, on August 27, 1939, the test pilot van Chaim flew the first jet aircraft in the world, the Heinkel 178. Only a small circle of people directly concerned knew of this event, which for that time was of great importance. Exactly a year later, on August 27, 1940, the first Italian jet plane, the Caproni-Campini made its first flight. It reached 300 mph, and the event received great propaganda.

Adrian McKinty

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

He just likes to have fun, Papa. That's not a quality that gets you far in life.

A higher goal is always reached by overcoming fear.

My brother, the golden boy. It's been this way all our lives. No matter what Matteo does, he is revered.

Dream until your dreams come true.