Quotes about Achievement
In reality, wealth is measured by what one delivers, not how much effort it costs. If I paint someone's house, the owner shouldn't pay me extra for doing it with a toothbrush.
- Paul Graham
Wealth is what you want, not money.
- Paul Graham
If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world
- Paulo Coelho
Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.
- Paulo Coelho
The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it's mountaineering; it's wanting to get to the very top of yourself and feeling angry and dissatisfied when you don't manage it
- Paulo Coelho
the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become
- Paulo Coelho
If you're a nobody, if your work has no impact, then it deserves to be praised. If, however, you climb out of that state of mediocrity and are a success, then your defying 'the law' and deserve to be punished.
- Paulo Coelho
Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way.
- Paulo Coelho
Life is a fast, dizzing game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it's mountaineering; it's wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don't manage it.
- Paulo Coelho
The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcame, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far...
- Paulo Coelho
If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.
- Paulo Coelho
Yes, I'm satisfied, but the problem is you're not, and never will be. You're insecure, afraid of losing everything you've achieved; you don't know how to quit once you're ahead. You'll end up destroying yourself. You're killing our marriage and my love.
- Paulo Coelho