Quotes about Achievement
I like to succeed in public, but to fail in secret.
— David Ogilvy
Search the parks in all your cities You'll find no statues of committees
— David Ogilvy
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
— David Ogilvy
Yet some there be that by due steps aspire to lay their just hands on that golden key that opens the palace of Eternity. To such my errand is.
— John Milton
Focus on your goals, not your fear.
— Roy Bennett
"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.
— Ayn Rand
If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
— Michael Jordan
All writers would like to be overrated in their own lifetimes.
— Jay Parini
As kids we didn't complain about being poor we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.
— Jay-Z
God's purposes are achieved through the whole of your life, not in fragments of a moment, a day, or a year.
— Elizabeth George
It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.
— George Clooney
For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton... it's crazy. It's mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We were just ignored by politicians - by America in general.
— Jay-Z