Quotes About Achievement

1.The Way You Think,the Road You Get. 2.Patience and Passion ,Count The Fishes.

Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile.

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

There's a victory, and defeat the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and possessions.

Small, therefore, can we think the progress we have made, as long as our admiration for those who have done noble things is barren, and does not of itself incite us to imitate them.

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it…eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.

In der Nacht waren sie der Gegenstand seiner Träume, und während des Tages trieb ihn der Eifer, seinem Vorbild ähnlich zu werden, hinaus und stachelte ihn zu dem Vorsatz an, die gleichen Taten zu verrichten.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer. (Technically a misquote, but I like the misquote better)

Those who know how to win are more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

Wherever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of liturgy has totally disappeared and been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Such attraction fades quickly - it cannot compete in the market of leisure pursuits, incorporating as it increasingly does various forms of religious titillation.

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.

Process not coming right means , we are not doing some thing RIGHT.