Quotes about Achievement

My work was practice, practice, practice. Discouragement and weariness cast me down frequently; but the next moment the thought that I should soon be at home and show my loved ones what I had accomplished spurred me on, and I eagerly looked forward to their pleasure in my achievement.

When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject.

I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions.

And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it.

We all know that there are these exemplars who can take the toughest students, and they'll teach them two-and-a-half years of math in a single year.

I came into this music business at 26 years old. I was a fully developed man at that point. At that age, I didn't have anything to prove.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

First do the necessary, then do the feasible, then you will be able to achieve the impossible.

Good, better, best, never let it rest 'til the good is the better, and the better is the best

What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?

All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.