Quotes about Achievement

I went for years not finishing anything because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.

You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.

I'm a master at getting as much in a day as possible.

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger which he knows he was meant and made to do.

To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

Every time we see a man who has attained our human ideal a little more fully than we have, it wakens our languid blood and fills us with new longings.

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.

When it comes to awards and things like that - I don't know why - I just always sit in amazement and never really expect it.

Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and approachable. I admire that.