Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Few have excellence thrust upon them. . .they achieve it. They do not achieve it unwittingly by doing what comes naturally and they don’t stumble into it in the course of amusing themselves. All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.
Achievement Quotes
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another’s keeping.
If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all.
The awareness of the ambiguity of one’s highest achievements -as well as one’s deepest failures- is a definite symptom of maturity.
Take care of those who work for you and you’ll float to greatness on their achievements.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
I don’t measure America by its achievement but by its potential.
The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive.
