Quotes about Achievement

To live only for some future goals is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here's where things grow. But of course, without the top you can't have the sides. It's the top that defines the sides.

Much effort, much prosperity.

No matter our age, circumstances, or abilities, each one of us can create something remarkable of his life.

If you work, you always get your reward in the end.

I never doubted that my talent would shine through in the end, no matter what.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going," he'd emphasized, quoting one of his favorite Beverly Sills lines.

Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

In Paul's day, instead of giving gold medals for winning first place in an Olympic event, a crown of olive or laurel leaves was placed on the winner's head. By the time the athlete went home that night, the wreath would already be wilting and falling apart. Think of that. All that energy expended for a wreath that didn't last beyond a day.

I read the last chapter and we win.

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.