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Quotes About Achievement

When I came out of the Depression, I came out of it with a different point of view as to what constituted success. And that was even just even personal success.
~ Ella Baker
It's not like once you achieve success, you're done, you know. It's like, still enjoy doing what you're doing, that's the key for me.
~ Norah Jones
The man who lives for himself is a failure; the man who lives for others has achieved true success.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Anything that works well or has long-term success is never done quickly.
~ Reem Acra
Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.
~ Donny Osmond
Success--something your friends will never forgive you.
~ Julian Tuwim
And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.
~ Og Mandino
Three outstanding qualities make for success: judgment, industry, health. And the greatest of these is judgment.
~ Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook
It's not about success, it's about progress.
~ Tony Robbins
In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.
~ Franz Grillparzer
Success hath made me wanton.
~ Ben Jonson
A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.
~ Andy Andrews
The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them.
~ Og Mandino
One of the rewards of success is freedom. the ability to do whatever you like.
~ Sting
Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.
~ Andy Andrews
But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.
~ Johnny Mathis
To tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.
~ Stan Lee
Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
~ Barbara Sher
Success is a spiritual process, not a worldly one.
~ Bryant H. McGill
Success makes opportunities and so many of those "opportunities" are actually exemptions - from hardship, from unfriendliness, from struggle.
~ George Saunders
How can you truly know what success is, if you've never experienced failure?
~ Chad Pennington
It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
Success is seldom achieved by people who contemplate the possibility of failure
~ William Feather
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
~ Stephen Brennan