Quotes about Achievement
The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship.
- Seth Godin
It's Almost Impossible to Overinvest in Becoming the Market Leader.
- Seth Godin
The Dip is the long stretch between beginner's luck and real accomplishment. The Dip is the set of artificial screens set up to keep people like you out.
- Seth Godin
The essential thing to know about the Dip is that it's there. Knowing that you're facing a Dip is the first step in getting through it.
- Seth Godin
When you're the best in the world, you share the benefits (the income, the attention, the privileges, the respect) with just a handful of people or organizations or brands.
- Seth Godin
Alas, there isn't a pain-free way to achieve your goals.
- Seth Godin
The second reason there are such tremendous benefits to being number one is a little more subtle. Being at the top matters because there's room at the top for only a few.
- Seth Godin
Perfect closes the door. It asserts that we're done, that this is the best we can do. Worse, perfect forbids us to try. To seek perfection and not reach it is a failure.
- Seth Godin
It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.
- Dolly Parton
As nuclear and other technological achievements continue to mount, the normal life span will continue to climb. The hourly productivity of the worker will increase.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I'm proud of what I've done.
- Ed Koch
You don't get to choose what you get famous for and you don't get to control which of your life's many struggles gets to stand for you.
- Erica Jong