Quotes about Achievement
If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
- Soren Kierkegaard
What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
- Soren Kierkegaard
To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous.
- Soren Kierkegaard
If all you are going to do in life are the things that are convenient and comfortable, the great things never get done.
- George Bernard Shaw
In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
- Elbert Hubbard
My greatest regret is not having gone to Wellesley College. it is something I have felt a little sad about my whole life.
- Rose Kennedy
The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially, the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate.
- Celine Dion
You cannot lose if you have learned one new lesson.You cannot lose if you have helped one new person.You cannot lose if you have overcome one new obstacle.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
But now my task is smoothly done:I can fly, or I can run.
- John Milton