Quotes About Achievement

I came to understand the value of education, not just to enable me to make a good living, but to enable me to make a worthwhile life.

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve something nobler and higher to merge in the Reality.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

You can spend your whole life planning. But once you're ready, get out there and start doing it.

The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my life was a ball hit with a bat. Powww!

Probably the '86 nationals. That was my first real national title and first real statement I ever made in figure skating, and my life changed after I returned.

My motto in life is 'if you give 100 per cent then no one can ask any more'.

I've never credited myself with a professional life. But, basically, it has been that.

Writing a book isn't an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life's most satisfying achievements.

You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

At the end of the day, what have I got? A successful Singapore. What have I given up? My life.

I wouldn't be worth my salt if I weren't attracting some controversy and criticism. Everyone in the world who has done something in life has attracted criticism.

You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.

The life of a winner is the result of an unswerving commitment to a never-ending process of self-completion .

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

All my life I have wanted to skate, and all my life I have skated.

Nine lives added to my one life makes a perfect 10.

I'm very happy with what the gods have given me. I take life as she presents herself to me, and whatever you see in my face is what I have earned.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.

Noah, from 'The Young Lions' (1958), was the best performance of my life. I couldn't have given more of myself. I'll never be able to do it again. Never.

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.