Quotes About Achievement

Nesses estúdios decorria muita colaboração; conta-nos Vasari que quando, certo dia, Leonardo pintou um anjo numa obra de Verrocchio e se saiu melhor que o mestre, Verrocchio desistiu pura e simplesmente do pincel e deixou de pintar. Já fora ultrapassado.

Em apenas vinte e cinco anos, Gengis Khan conquistou uma área maior da superfície da Terra do que aquela que os Romanos conseguiram em quatro séculos, criando (mesmo que por um período muito reduzido) o maior império terrestre da História.

WHAT THE MIND OF MAN CAN CONCEIVE AND BELIEVE, IT CAN ACHIEVE. YOU BECOME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST OF THE TIME.

But another part of me wonders if you do know how smart you are, but you've never tried to tackle a bigger problem because you're afraid you'll fail and then . . . well, and then in your eyes, you'll be a failure to your father.

A completed mediocre idea is infinitely better than an unfinished stroke of genius.

I'm not precisely saying that a really good board meeting at the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Coucil) makes me want to go and write poetry, but there is a pleasure in doing that sort of thing well.

I never saved anything for the swim back.

I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.

You wanted to know how I did it? That's how I did it, Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.

the first time that Churchill dialled a telephone number himself was when he was seventy-three. 13 (It was to the speaking clock, which he thanked politely.)

You would rise in the world? . . . You must work while others amuse themselves. Are you desirous of a reputation for courage? You must risk your life. Churchill, Savrola

The reading of history very soon made me feel that I was capable of achieving as much as the men who are placed in the highest ranks of our annals.

Without all this self-control, do you think I could have done all I've done?33

Andrew Roberts

If he lasts a year, he'll go far.' Talleyrand on Napoleon's consulship

Winning is not enough if one doesn't take advantage of success.

The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired.

I wasn't going to compete with her for Father's approval, but that didn't mean I couldn't find a way to make this into entertainment of my own.

Once someone's source of motivation is self-actualization, his drive to perform has no limit. Thus, its most important characteristic is that unlike other sources of motivation, which extinguish themselves after the needs are fulfilled, self-actualization continues to motivate people to ever higher levels of performance.

if we want to cultivate achievement-driven motivation, we need to create an environment that values and emphasizes output.

Complacency often afflicts precisely those who have been the most successful.

It almost doesn't matter what you know…it's execution that matters most.

the key definition here is that the output of a manager is a result achieved by a group either under her supervision or under her influence. While the manager's own work is clearly very important, that in itself does not create output. Her organization does.