Achievement Quotes

Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow body­builders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest economy in the world.

Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base.

I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!

Lena Waithe won an Emmy for writing while starring on the Netflix show 'Master of None,' but it might be more accurate to call her a Master of Everything.

The only true satisfaction a player receives is the satisfaction that comes from being part of a successful team, regardless of his personal accomplishments.

Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.

I shook up the world.

Only one thing is ever guaranteed, that is that you will definitely not achieve the goal if you don't take the shot.

Who will you have to become, to achieve all you want?

Only a monomaniac gets anything done.

There are usually half a dozen right answers to what needs to bedone. Yet, unless a person makes the risky and controversial choice of only one, he will achieve nothing.

Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.

Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a 'must' and 'want'.

The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the mire of mediocrity- is not talent, formal education, nor intellectual brightness - it is self-discipline. With self-discipline all things are possible. Without it, even the simplest goal can seem like the impossible dream.

Anything can be achieved with a strong enough why!

The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

We must always meet our obligation to those who fall behind without our assistance. But let's remember, without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence - in education or any other walk of life.

I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Zachary, graduated from college, I said, "My boy's got learnin'!"

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself

The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

One of the secrets to success is ideas mixed with inspiration

The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.

Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.

Some people thought I was crazy to have let go of all the worldly things I had "achieved." They didn't understand that I didn't want or need any of that anymore.

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.

So [Polaroid's Dr. Edwin] Land, at 75, went off to spend the remainder of his life doing pure science, trying to crack the code of color vision. The man is a national treasure. I don't understand why people like that can't be held up as models: This is the most incredible thing to be - not an astronaut, not a football player - but this.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Reaching the top is a monumental achievement, but remaining there may be the most spectacular feat of all.

When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.

Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.

Goal-setting is powerful because it provides focus. It shapes our dreams. It gives us the ability to hone in on the exact actions we need to perform to achieve everything we desire in life.

A man can be a hero in any profession

All personal achievement starts within the mind of the individual-knowing your problem is the first step in finding the solution.

Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.

You must never name the goal. You must never tell us the target you're hitting for. You must automatically go toward it without ever naming it.

Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.

You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.

On every mountain height is rest.

Our achievements of today are but the sum total of our thoughts of yesterday. You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you.

My most memorable dunk, that I think about very, very often, is the Patrick Ewing dunk.

I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.

The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

The true runner comes to the finish and receives the prize and is crowned.

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.

The joy of surmounting obstacles which once seemed unremovable, and pushing the frontier of accomplishment further — what joy is there like unto it?

The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment.

A child convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.The reward for a thing well done, is to have done it.

What you have inherited from your fathers, earn over again for yourselves, or it will not be yours.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.