Quotes about Achievement

Timidity and shyness are fears of this sort. Unimportant, perhaps, but they are crippling to self-confidence and to achievement.

These two threads that run through our life—one pulling us into the world to achieve and make things happen, the other pulling us back from the world to nourish and replenish ourselves—can seem at odds, but in fact they reinforce each other.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.

If the quality and quantity of continuous effort toward goals matters as much as I think it does, we may actually get more productive, not less, as we get older - even if we can't pull all-nighters like we used to.

If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?

Some athletes feel they have to show they're confident and talk about what they're going to achieve. I don't think there's anything wrong with just quietly believing in yourself and just getting on with it. You don't have to talk about it all the time; you want your performances to show for it.

I played every sport in high school for one year. If I couldn't be great at it, I quit. I would rather not do it than be average.

I was lucky enough to have it all. To be successful in business, to have children, to raise them on my own, and to travel and live my life. It was a lot of work, but it's a privilege to have been able to do it.