Motivational Quotes

Achievement

The only way around is through.

- Frost, Robert

Best Quotes about Achievement

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

Winthrop, John

It's your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude.

Ziglar, Zig

The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.

Montapert, Alfred A.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Tracy, Brian

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.

Picasso, Pablo

If Columbus had turned back, no one would have blamed him. Of course, no one would have remembered him either.

Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.

Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Never mistake activity for achievement.

Wooden, John

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In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!

Welles, Orson

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Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.

Mann, Golo

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Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

Disney, Walt

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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Kuralt, Charles

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I want to put a ding in the universe.

Jobs, Steve

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The only way around is through.

Frost, Robert

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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

Warren, Earl

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The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Plutarch

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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Johnson, Samuel

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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years. But above this level, far above,

Weil, Simone

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Accomplishment is easiest when we work the hardest, and it is hardest when we work the easiest.

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To spend life for something which outlasts it.

James, William

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Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

Orwell, George

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It's no use saying, We are doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

Churchill, Winston

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To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working.

Weaver, Dennis

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Death comes to all But great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Fabricius, George

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You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

Pancoast, Mal

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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Robinson, Eddie

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God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

Hubbard, Elbert

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I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

Salk, Dr. Jonas

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You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Phaedrus

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I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement.

Ovid

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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Marden, Orison Swett

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One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

Lakein, Alan

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The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality

Jung, Carl

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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

Hill, Napoleon

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Where there is a will there is a way. is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so -- to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.

Smiles, Samuel

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We will either find a way, or make one.

Hannibal

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Don't mistake activity for achievement.

Wooden, John

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Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day's work an achievement for eternity.

Heatter, Gabriel

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For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

Aristotle

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The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

Jowett, Benjamin

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It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Desai, Morarji

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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

Bennett, Thomas A.

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The truth of the matter is that there's nothing you can't accomplish if: (1) You clearly decide what it is that you're absolutely committed to achieving, (2) You're willing to take massive action, (3) You notice what's working or not, and (4) You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want, using whatever life gives you along the way.

Robbins, Anthony

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Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.

O'Keeffe, Georgia

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Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.

Barrie, Sir James M.

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Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

Peale, Norman Vincent