Quotes about Achievement

I never knew I'd be in a musical, let alone win an award for one.

Throughout my career, I have been confronted with people who have doubted my ability to achieve the dreams and ambitions distilled into my soul by my father.

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.

Great edifices, like great mountains, are the work of the ages.

I make little account of victory. Nothing is so stupid as to vanquish; the real glory is to convince.

Succeed; that is the advice that falls, drop by drop, from the overhanging fruit of corruption.

To subdue matter is the first step; to realize the ideal is the second.

It is not enough to dream of the Impossible Love - it is necessary to conquer it too.

I hate to write, but I love to have written.

He who has learned to love an art or science has wisely laid up riches against the day of riches.

Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.