Quotes about Achievement

Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable.

No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.

Every once in a while, I need a no-agenda day with nothing to do, but those aren't the days we're going to celebrate at the end of our lives. We won't even remember those days. What we'll remember are the days when we had everything to do, and with God's help, we did it. We won't remember the things that came easy; we'll remember the things that came hard. We'll remember the miracles on the far side of "long and boring.

The brain is a goal-seeking organism. Setting a goal creates structural tension in your brain, which will seek to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be, who you are and who you want to become. If you don't set goals, your mind will become stagnant. Goal setting is good stewardship of your right-brain imagination. It's also great for your prayer life.