Quotes about Achievement

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort and effort means work.

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, . . . the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.

The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality

A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.

This is the true joy in life -- being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one...

Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.

Fighting for one's freedom, struggling towards being free, is like struggling to be a poet or a good Christian or a good Jew or a good Muslim or good Zen Buddhist. You work all day long and achieve some kind of level of success by nightfall, go to sleep and wake up the next morning with the job still to be done. So you start all over again.

You can't reach perfection unless you reach zero seconds - it's just the constant chase for perfection.

We want to take ourselves out of our comfort zones; when you're in your comfort zone for so long, you only play to a certain level.

The door of opportunity won't open unless you do some pushing.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.