Quotes about Achievement
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.
— Samuel Johnson
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
— Samuel Johnson
I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
— Samuel Johnson
What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.
— Samuel Johnson
I never thought there had been need of so much wrestling to win to the top of that steep mountain as now I find.
— Samuel Rutherford
I found fear stimulating. Particularly after you've done something that you'd been frightened of at the time, but you carried through and did the job.
— Edmund Hillary
Leaders spend 5% of their time on the problem & 95% of their time on the solution. Get over it & crush it!
— Tony Robbins
I want to be like Tom Cruise from 'The Outsiders' and go on and do amazing movies for a long time.
— Ashton Kutcher
I will persist until I succeed. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.
— Og Mandino
I am a better running back every time I step on the field. I try to get better each game, each summer, each season.
— Shaun Alexander
High achievers dwell on what they do well and spend very little time evaluating themselves and their performances.
— John Eliot
Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth.
— John F. Kennedy