Achievements quotes

Achievements quotes by Ayn Rand

Also about
Happiness, Ability, Wealth
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.
When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it. Jim Rohn
(also about
Motivation, Aim)

Achievements quotes by George Eliot

Also about
Inspiration, Perseverance, Great
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson
(also about
Willingness, Enthusiasm, Great)

Achievements quotes by Elbert Hubbard

Also about
Success, Result, Inspiration, Work
Positive anything is better than negative nothing. We work to become, not to acquire.
My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso. Pablo Picasso
(also about
Professionalism, Willingness)

Achievements quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

Also about
Lifesense, Death, Inspiration, Faith, Strength
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down. Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, It can't be done. After each catastrophe you don't worry so much the next time, and each time you emerge stronger from your victory.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. Thomas Alva Edison
(also about
Success)

Achievements quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Also about
Inspiration, Perseverance, Ability
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle
(also about
Personality, Victory)
This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs. Dante Alighieri
We can do anything we want if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller
(also about
Ability, Perseverance)

Achievements quotes by Stephen Hawking

Also about
Ability, Experience, Inspiration
Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity. Exploration by real people inspires us.
People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top. Margaret Thatcher
(also about
Inspiration, Success, Stereotypes)
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. Isaac Newton
(also about
Science, Honor)
Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness. Woody Allen
(also about
Humour)
Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go down in history (on Stephen Gary Wozniak). Steve Jobs

Achievements quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli

Also about
Inspiration, Danger, Risk, Honor
Never was anything great achieved without danger. It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time", and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it is. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. That's all. One stone at a time. But I've read you can see that motherfucker from space without a telescope. Stephen King
(also about
Writing)

Achievements quotes by Kirk Douglas

Also about
Bravery, Failure, Confidence, People
In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy. I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.

Achievements quotes by Nikola Tesla

Also about
Efficiency, Scientists, Ideas, Illusion, Theory
His [Thomas Edison] method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90 per cent of the labor. But he had a veritable contempt for book learning and mathematical knowledge, trusting himself entirely to his inventor's instinct and practical American sense. In view of this, the truly prodigious amount of his actual accomplishments is little short of a miracle. There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity. The recurrence of a phenomenon like [Thomas] Edison is not very likely. The profound change of conditions and the ever increasing necessity of theoretical training would seem to make it impossible. He will occupy a unique and exalted position in the history of his native land, which might well be proud of his great genius and undying achievements in the interest of humanity.
One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. Marie Curie
(also about
Work)
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necesary to a worthwhile achievement. Henry Ford
(also about
Inspiration, Success, Mistakes)
I’m going to break every damn aviation record there is. Howard Hughes
(also about
Challenge)
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. Nelson Mandela
(also about
Aim)
In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements. Mao Zedong
(also about
Inspiration, Difficulties)

Achievements quotes by Tiger Woods

Also about
Sports, Honesty, Life, Happiness, Joy
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter. The joy I get from winning a major championship doesn't even compare to the feeling I get when a kid writes a letter saying: 'Thank you so much. You have changed my life.'
Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed. Paulo Coelho
(also about
Inspiration, Success, Aim)

Achievements quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Also about
Inspiration, Success, Progress, Perseverance, Motivation, Action, Writing
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Achievements quotes by Rod Stewart

Also about
Age, Women, Self-Realization, Reward, Public
Between 21-30 women go through humungous changes. After that, they've generally achieved what they wanted, and they're more settled. Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere
(also about
Inspiration, Motivation, Triumph)

Achievements quotes by Muhammad Ali

Also about
Inspiration, Life, Risk, Challenge, Success, Reward, Motivation, Aim
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. When I won the Golden Gloves in 1960, that made me realize I had a chance. And when I won at the Olympics, that sealed it: I was the champ. If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it. What keeps me going is goals.

Achievements quotes by Richard Branson

Also about
Competition, Mankind, Challenge, Records, Inspiration, Aim, Business, Great
Records are made to be broken. It is in man's nature to continue to strive to do just that. My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them. Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.
If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life. Kevin Costner
(also about
Life)
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say. Alan Milne
(also about
Action, Words)
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. Charles de Montesquieu
(also about
Adventure, Great)
I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it. Gary Barlow
(also about
Inspiration, Happiness, Accomplishment)

Achievements quotes by Francis Bacon

Also about
Inspiration, Lifesense, Action, Family, Children, Marriage
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
 He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.

Achievements quotes by Virginia Woolf

Also about
Contribution, Community, Literature, History
Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common, of thinking by the body of the people, so that the experience of the mass is behind the single voice. Nothing has really happened until it has been recorded.
What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Robert Burns
(also about
Willpower, Temptations, Restraint)

Achievements quotes by Douglas MacArthur

Also about
Inspiration, Rules, Challenge, Self-Expression, Security, Proactivity, Great
You are remembered for the rules you break. Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb... he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much! Lewis Carroll
(also about
Inspiration, Success, Failure, Mistakes, Action)
There's a real sense of completion now, because we can look at the entirety of the trilogy and say we've done it, our work is finished. That's a great feeling. And I think that, as it comes to a close, we look to the relationships forged in New Zealand and throughout the experience, and they will carry on. The fellowship will carry on. And that gives us great hope. Our lives will interweave forever. Elijah Wood
(also about
Inspiration, Accomplishment, Great)

Achievements quotes by Oprah Winfrey

Also about
Inspiration, Perseverance, Pleasure, Change, Progress
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb. Improving your life doesn't have to be about changing everything – it's about making changes that count.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt
(also about
Happiness, Joy, Creativity)
You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice. Shakira
(also about
Sacrifice)
Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America. James Joyce
(also about
Honor, Irony)

Achievements quotes by Charles Lindbergh

Also about
Inspiration, Future, Dreams, Past, Risk, Challenge, Accomplishment, Chance
Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests. What kind of man would live there where is no daring? I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.
It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. Joanne Rowling
(also about
Life, Great)
A person's first duty, a young person's at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value. G. H. Hardy
(also about
Inspiration, Ambition, Value)
Over the centuries, monumental upheavals in science have emerged time and again from following the leads set out by mathematics. Brian Greene
(also about
Science, Mathematics)

Achievements quotes by Bertolt Brecht

Also about
Planning, Accomplishment, Honor, Power, Slavery, Poems
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves. Who built Thebes of the seven gates?
In the books you will find the name of kings.
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock?
And Babylon, many times demolished.
Who raised it up so many times? In what houses
Of gold-glittering Lima did the builders live?
Where, the evening that the Wall of China was finished
Did the masons go? Great Rome
Is full of triumphal arches. Who erected them? Over whom
Did the Caesars triumph? Had Byzantium, much praised in song,
Only palaces for its inhabitants? Even in fabled Atlantis
The night the ocean engulfed it
The drowning still bawled for their slaves.
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God. Leo Tolstoy
(also about
Inspiration, Action, Words, Accomplishment)
Bunkum and tummyrot!
You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.
Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started. Roald Dahl
(also about
Inspiration, Bravery, Challenge, Hesitation)
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. Haruki Murakami
(also about
Life, Hardships, Personality, Change)
If you done it, it ain't bragging. Walt Whitman
(also about
Boasting, Accomplishment)
Nothing can be done except little by little. Charles Baudelaire
(also about
Patience, Accomplishment)

Achievements quotes by William Blake

Also about
Help, Teamwork, Community, Inspiration, Great, Obstacles
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

Achievements quotes by Mark Zuckerberg

Also about
Business, Startup, Facebook, Challenge, Motivation
My goal was never to just create a company. A lot of people misinterpret that, as if I don't care about revenue or profit or any of those things. But what not being just a company means to me is not being just that - building something that actually makes a really big change in the world. This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people. What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they're proud of.
Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. John Steinbeck
(also about
Personality, People, Accomplishment, Great)
Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole. William S. Burroughs
(also about
Inspiration, Progress, People)
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. William Faulkner
(also about
Inspiration, Startup, Perseverance)
Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph William Butler Yeats
(also about
Inspiration, Joy, Triumph)
It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog Joseph Conrad
(also about
Inspiration)

Achievements quotes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Also about
Inspiration, Action, Nobility, Wisdom, Laziness, Wishes, Diligence, Practice, Sacrifice, Mistakes
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it. Gustave Flaubert
(also about
Art, Work, Enemies, Value, Criticism)
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
(also about
Inspiration, Time, Patience, Great)