Quotes about Achievement

Thomas Sowell asserts that by the late 1960's, black men from families with a library card, magazines and other literature in the home reached high-level occupations as often as white males of similar backgrounds.

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

It was not brilliant bull-fighting. It was only perfect bull-fighting.

Remember that he who conquers himself is greater than the one who conquers a city.

A writer] should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, they will succeed.

For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. Then sometimes, with great luck, he will succeed.

Self discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

And success in any endeavor where self-discipline is involved boils down to this question: can you make yourself do something you don't particularly want to do in order to get a result you would like to have?

A life filled with opportunities and encouragement finds more and more opportunities and encouragement, and success becomes inevitable.

Your acceptance, your opportunities, and your finances are all part of a sliding scale that yields increase or decline according to your body of work. What you do. How you act.