Achievement Quotes

2338 Achievement quotes by 1374 unique authors

It's man's to fight, but heaven's to give success. — Homer
The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence. — Euripides
The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat. — A.J. Cronin
Before any great achievement, some measure of depression is very usual. — Charles Spurgeon
In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the mind is the… — Carl Jung
[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that… — Bertrand Russell
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. — Eric Hoffer
The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. — Julia Child
The whole art of allowing the truth to take possession of you is of being vulnerable, of being open, of being in a let-go. Or… — Rajneesh
I think my biggest achievement is that after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane. I'm proud of that. — Jackie Kennedy
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best… — Wilferd Peterson
Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more… — Ayn Rand
One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with… — Richard Hofstadter
The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful. — Alfred Adler
Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. — Gabriel Marcel
Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams. — Robert K. Greenleaf
The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry. — Henry Petroski
The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It… — Stephen Covey
Freedom in economic arrangements is itself a component of freedom broadly understood, so economic freedom is an end in itself ... Economic freedom is also… — Milton Friedman
...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that… — Stephen Covey
Mastery.- We have reached mastery when we neither mistake nor hesitate in the achievement. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Let me... remind you that it is only by working with an energy which is almost superhuman and which looks to uninterested spectators like insanity… — Woodrow Wilson
Every successful man or great genius has three particular qualities in common. The most conspicuous of these is that they all produce a prodigious amount… — Walter Russell

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