Quotes about Achievement

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it's almost always due to personal growth.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.

The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.

You weren't born just to live a life and to die; you were born to accomplish something specifically. Matter of fact, success is making it to the end of your purpose; that is success... Success is not just existing. Success is making it to the end of why you were born.

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

I think everyone needs to feel they've created something that was their own, on their own terms.

Any time you establish new territory for yourself, you've got to feel good.

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.

I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

Certainly the prefrontal cortex is an important thing; I'm as proud of mine as the next guy.