Quotes about Achievement

and the desire would never be satisfied, except by a being of equal greatness.

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I—I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself.

The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard.

It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single glimpse of clean, hard, radiant competence. She had fits of tortured longing for a friend or enemy with a mind better than her own.

There's no surer way to destroy a man than to force him into a spot where he has to aim at not doing his best, where he has to struggle to do a bad job, day after day.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

there are lots of things you want to do before your life is over.

We are very very small. But we are profoundly capable of very very big things.

I have had a full and satisfying life. I believe that disabled people should concentrate on things that their handicap doesn't precent them from doing and not regret those they can't do.

There has never been a more urgent time than now for you to seek to maximize your potential for achieving greater balance in your life.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

It's amazing. I can do anything. And do it well. Any good thing, I can do it. That's why I am who I am, yes, because God loves me and I'm amazed at it. I'm grateful for it.