Quotes About Achievement

Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude of so many decades on earth.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.

Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.

My whole life, my dream has been to be a quarterback.

The 2 master skills of life are: The Science of Achievement and The Art of Fulfillment.

For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life.

In life the loser's score is always zero.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.

I grew up such a fan. It was my life. Everything I did was hockey related and everything I have is because of hockey and the NHL.

To not to have entirely wasted one's life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.

The 9th grade was the best three years of my life. I was benching 85 lbs, drug free!

When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school.

I have had this desire my whole life to prove people wrong, to show them I could do things they didn't think I could do.

Take advantage of each small success. In this way you close the gap between what you want from life and what it is giving you.

Life is pulled by goals and pushed by drive. Make sure you have both!

But for each of us, isn't life about determining your own finish line?

It is the measure of my individual struggle from darkness toward some measure of light.

It was among the ruins of the capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised nearly twenty years of my life.

I'm proud of what I achieved there, but a life built on memories is not much of a life.

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.