Quotes About Achievement

a genuinely effective indicator will cover the output of the work unit and not simply the activity involved.

what self-actualization means: the need to achieve one's utter personal best in a chosen field of endeavor. 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.

management by objectives—MBO

A successful MBO system needs only to answer two questions: 1.  Where do I want to go? (The answer provides the objective.) 2.  How will I pace myself to see if I am getting there? (The answer gives us milestones, or key results.)

Despite everything I've achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight of what's truly important. The thing that gives meaning to these triumphs. Someone to share them with. A companion. A help mate. A wife.

There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity.

I am going to build something big for you.

Had (President) Kennedy turned to his advisers and wailed, "What can we beat the Russians at?" and if someone had cried "Backgammon!" at that point, Apollo would never have happened.

Find a person who is as successful as you'd like to be, ask them what to do, do it and work hard.

Focus on making yourself feel excited, powerful. Imagine yourself destroying goals with ease." "You have to believe that you can achieve anything." "You can become rich, you can become strong, you can take care of your loved ones and enjoy the fact that it will be very difficult.

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Perfection cannot be achieved by men," he told me. "Our highest calling is the pursuit of perfection. My haiku will be finished when I die, but it will never be perfect.

The goal of a true family is not that their children follow in their footsteps, but that their children surpass them in all ways.

It doesn't matter what you do, just try to be the best at it

The pure and sinless did not exist, or else died unnoticed and with no obituary. The idea seemed persuasive. Those who merited obituaries had usually achieved things, fought for their ideals, and when locked in battle, it wasn't easy to remain entirely honest and upright. Today's battles were all for material gain, anyway. The crazy idealist was extinct – survived by the crazy pragmatist Ã¢â'¬Â¦

I would like to thank everyone who supported me to be fit for the Euros. I had some fitness problems before the tournament, but I am here now!

Al mejor cazador se le escapa la liebre

Nie damy rady zrobi? du?o wi?cej, ni? b?dziemy w stanie. Ale postarajmy si? wszyscy, ?eby to nie by?o du?o mniej

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Yo, si algo deseo, no sueño, sino que actúo. Y siempre consigo aquello que deseo

Doch wie sich der Vampir Regis ausdrückte, lieber ohne Ziel vorwärts gehen, als ohne Ziel auf der Stelle stehenbleiben, und allemal besser, als sich ohne Ziel zurückzuziehen.

Stories like that are made up by poor simpletons, who can't even dream of fulfilling their wishes and desires themselves. I'm pleased you're not one of them, Geralt of Rivia. It makes you closer in spirit to me. If I want something, I don't dream of it—I act. And I always get what I want.

If I want something, I don't dream of it—I act. And I always get what I want.