Achievement Quote by John Lancaster Spalding

It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion…

— Samuel Butler

The possible ranks higher than the actual.

— Martin Heidegger

For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what…

— John Steinbeck

The Highest Being reveals himself in man.

— Thomas Carlyle

For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.

— Lloyd Alexander

Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking.

— Anonymous

The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em.

— Malcolm Forbes

Most leaders spend time trying to get others to think highly

— Booker T Washington

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage…

— Jerry Falwell

All human excellence is but comparative — there are persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

— Samuel Richardson

The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.

— G. I. Gurdjieff

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

— Samuel Richardson